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

[Avi Kivity]

On 07/25/2011 12:32 PM, Alexander Graf 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.

I'm using it as

    MemoryRegion *phys_flash = QEMU_NEW(MemoryRegion);

instead of

    MemoryRegion *phys_flash = qemu_malloc(sizeof(*phys_flash));

I find it shorter, and if I make a mistake, the compiler shouts at me 
instead of a runtime crash.

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