Re: [libvirt] [GSoC] Design ideas for implementing cleanup attribute

On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 10:08 +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 09:01:03AM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-05-23 at 18:23 +0200, Peter Krempa wrote: > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 18:05:17 +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > VIR_AUTOFREE char *str = NULL; > > > > > > For consistency I'd prefer if the argument is in parentheses similarly > > > to the ones below. > > > > Seconded. > > Well that would mean having this macro: > > #define VIR_AUTOFREE(type) __attribute__((cleanup(virFree))) type * > > and the usage would be: > > VIR_AUTOFREE(char) string = NULL; > > Yes, for consistency it make sense but sometimes exception makes it look > better and IMHO this is the case so I would prefer > > #define VIR_AUTOFREE(type) __attribute__((cleanup(virFree))) > > and > > VIR_AUTOFREE char *string = NULL; I'm probably missing something, but couldn't you just have #define VIR_AUTOFREE(type) __attribute__((cleanup(virFree))) type which you would then use as VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) string = NULL; instead?