malloc: New DMNSN_MALLOC() macro to save a sizeof().

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libdimension/dimension/malloc.h b/libdimension/dimension/malloc.h
index 4151800..742e3a2 100644
--- a/libdimension/dimension/malloc.h
+++ b/libdimension/dimension/malloc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com>     *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com>     *
  *                                                                       *
  * This file is part of The Dimension Library.                           *
  *                                                                       *
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
 void *dmnsn_malloc(size_t size);
 
 /**
+ * Allocate some memory.  Always use dmnsn_free() to free this memory, never
+ * free().
+ * @param[in] type  The type of the memory block to allocate.
+ * @return The allocated memory area.
+ */
+#define DMNSN_MALLOC(type) ((type *)dmnsn_malloc(sizeof(type)))
+
+/**
  * Expand or shrink an allocation created by dmnsn_malloc().
  * @param[in] ptr   The block to resize.
  * @param[in] size  The new size.