Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] use qemu_malloc and friends consistently

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From:	Gerd Hoffmann
Subject:	Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] use qemu_malloc and friends consistently
Date:	Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:48:14 +0200
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On 06/02/09 22:42, David Turner wrote:

#define QEMU_NEW(type) ((type *)qemu_malloc(sizeof(type)))
  foo *ptr = QEMU_NEW(foo);

#define QEMU_NEW(ptr) (ptr) = qemu_malloc(sizeof(*(ptr)))
  foo *ptr;
  QEMU_NEW(ptr);

I still don't see the point.

Point is: The first version is nicer than the second, and you are stilltype safe due to the compiler warning on stuff like this:

foo*  ptr;
ptr = QEMU_MEW(bar);


cheers,
  Gerd

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