From 1a4695d06e6716d3f778d7f3e8b927efdbfcfda4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael D. Lowis" <mike@mdlowis.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:28:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update mem_retain to return the retained pointer

---
 source/mem/mem.c | 3 ++-
 source/mem/mem.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/mem/mem.c b/source/mem/mem.c
index a3e23ab..51a85f9 100644
--- a/source/mem/mem.c
+++ b/source/mem/mem.c
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ void* mem_allocate_ld(size_t size, destructor_t p_destruct_fn, const char* p_fil
 }
 #endif
 
-void mem_retain(void* p_obj)
+void* mem_retain(void* p_obj)
 {
     obj_t* p_hdr = (((obj_t*)p_obj)-1);
     p_hdr->refcount += 1;
+    return p_obj;
 }
 
 #ifdef LEAK_DETECTION
diff --git a/source/mem/mem.h b/source/mem/mem.h
index 16ab53e..5b2cafd 100644
--- a/source/mem/mem.h
+++ b/source/mem/mem.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int mem_num_references(void* p_obj);
  *
  * @param p_obj The object to be retained.
  */
-void mem_retain(void* p_obj);
+void* mem_retain(void* p_obj);
 
 /**
  * @brief Decrements the reference count for a given object.
-- 
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