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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Introduce QEMU_NEW()


From: Peter Maydell
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Introduce QEMU_NEW()
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:48:46 +0100

On 25 July 2011 10:32, Alexander Graf <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 25.07.2011, at 10:51, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> qemu_malloc() is type-unsafe as it returns a void pointer.  Introduce
>> QEMU_NEW() (and QEMU_NEWZ()), which return the correct type.
>
> What does this buy you over
>
> type *x = qemu_malloc(sizeof(type));
>
> ? I find the non-C++ version easier to read even.

Yeah, while we're writing in C we should just stick to the C-like
APIs, it's less confusing IMHO than wrapping it up in something else.
I assume Anthony's new object model stuff will have a "create me a
new foo object" API anyway, so QEMU_NEW() is possibly a bit of a
namespace grab.

-- PMM



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