Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Permit zero-sized qemu_malloc() & friends

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Paul Brook wrote:
>> type *qemu_new(type, n_types);
>> type *qemu_new0(type, n_types);
>>
>> type *qemu_renew(type, mem, n_types);
>> type *qemu_renew0(type, mem, n_types);
>>     
>
> It always annoys me having to specify element count for things that aren't 
> arrays.
>
> I suggestion a single object allocation function, and an array allocation 
> function that allows zero length arrays. Possibly also a must-not-be-zero 
> array form if we think it's important.
>   

Sure.

> Note that conversion to object/type based allocation is not always 
> straightforward because inheritance means we don't have the final object type 
> when doing the allocation.
>   

That's if you have the base object do the allocation, yup.

> Paul
>