1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/linked_list.c b/src/linked_list.c
index 2e290e9..6335c3d 100644
--- a/src/linked_list.c
+++ b/src/linked_list.c
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 LinkedList *linked_list_new(void) {
-    LinkedList *ll = (LinkedList *)malloc(sizeof(LinkedList));
+    /* Note that the members of the linked list
+     * is initialized to 0 when using calloc() */
+    LinkedList *ll = (LinkedList *)calloc(1, sizeof(LinkedList));
     if (!ll)
         return NULL;
-
-    ll->head = NULL;
-    ll->tail = NULL;
-    ll->size = 0;
-
     return ll;
 }
 
@@ -27,19 +24,18 @@ void linked_list_delete(LinkedList *ll) {
 }
 
 LinkedListNode *linked_list_append(LinkedList *ll, void *elem) {
-    LinkedListNode *new_node = (LinkedListNode *)malloc(sizeof(LinkedListNode));
+    LinkedListNode *new_node = calloc(1, sizeof(LinkedListNode));
     if (!new_node)
         return NULL;
-
     new_node->data = elem;
-    new_node->next = NULL;
+
     if (!ll->head) {
         new_node->prev = NULL;
         ll->head = new_node;
         ll->tail = new_node;
     } else {
-        ll->tail->next = new_node;
         new_node->prev = ll->tail;
+        ll->tail->next = new_node;
         ll->tail = new_node;
     }