On 07/25/11 12:06, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >> +#define QEMU_NEW(type) ((type *)(qemu_malloc(sizeof(type)))) >> > +#define QEMU_NEWZ(type) ((type *)(qemu_mallocz(sizeof(type)))) > Does this mean we need to duplicate the type name for each allocation? > > struct foo *f; > > ... > f = qemu_malloc(sizeof(*f)); > > Becomes: > > struct foo *f; > > ... > f = QEMU_NEW(struct foo); > > If you ever change the name of the type you have to search-replace > these instances. The idomatic C way works well, I don't see a reason > to use QEMU_NEW(). You're right, and it will promote even more abuse of the ugly typedefs. This really makes the code less readable, especially for outsiders :( Jes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
