Re: [PATCH] Introduce QEMU_NEW()

Alexander Graf
2011-07-25T09:32:41Z

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.

Alex