(svn r8066) - Codechange: MallocT(), CallocT(), ReallocT() now return the pointer to allocated memory instead of modifying the pointer given as parameter

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/helpers.hpp b/src/helpers.hpp
index b13fc25d4..14b6056b3 100644
--- a/src/helpers.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers.hpp
@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@
 
 /** When allocating using malloc/calloc in C++ it is usually needed to cast the return value
 *  from void* to the proper pointer type. Another alternative would be MallocT<> as follows */
-template <typename T> FORCEINLINE bool MallocT(T** t_ptr, size_t num_elements)
+template <typename T> FORCEINLINE T* MallocT(size_t num_elements)
 {
-	*t_ptr = (T*)malloc(num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	return (*t_ptr != NULL);
+	T *t_ptr = (T*)malloc(num_elements * sizeof(T));
+	return t_ptr;
 }
 /** When allocating using malloc/calloc in C++ it is usually needed to cast the return value
 *  from void* to the proper pointer type. Another alternative would be MallocT<> as follows */
-template <typename T> FORCEINLINE bool CallocT(T** t_ptr, size_t num_elements)
+template <typename T> FORCEINLINE T* CallocT(size_t num_elements)
 {
-	*t_ptr = (T*)calloc(num_elements, sizeof(T));
-	return (*t_ptr != NULL);
+	T *t_ptr = (T*)calloc(num_elements, sizeof(T));
+	return t_ptr;
 }
 /** When allocating using malloc/calloc in C++ it is usually needed to cast the return value
 *  from void* to the proper pointer type. Another alternative would be MallocT<> as follows */
-template <typename T> FORCEINLINE bool ReallocT(T** t_ptr, size_t num_elements)
+template <typename T> FORCEINLINE T* ReallocT(T* t_ptr, size_t num_elements)
 {
-	*t_ptr = (T*)realloc(*t_ptr, num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	return (*t_ptr != NULL);
+	t_ptr = (T*)realloc(t_ptr, num_elements * sizeof(T));
+	return t_ptr;
 }
 
 /** type safe swap operation */