diff -r 33e7b6ebf403 -r a89857072ace src/linked_list.c
--- a/src/linked_list.c	Tue Feb 15 19:07:14 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/linked_list.c	Tue Feb 15 19:41:48 2022 +0100
@@ -757,24 +757,35 @@
         cx_pll_iterator,
 };
 
+static CxList *cx_ll_default_destructor(CxList *list) {
+    cx_linked_list *ll = (cx_linked_list *) list;
+
+    cx_linked_list_node *node = ll->begin;
+    while (node) {
+        void *next = node->next;
+        cxFree(list->allocator, node);
+        node = next;
+    }
+
+    cxFree(list->allocator, list);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 CxList *cxLinkedListCreate(
         CxAllocator *allocator,
         CxListComparator comparator,
         size_t item_size
 ) {
-    cx_linked_list *list = cxMalloc(allocator, sizeof(cx_linked_list));
+    cx_linked_list *list = cxCalloc(allocator, 1, sizeof(cx_linked_list));
     if (list == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
     list->base.cl = &cx_linked_list_class;
     list->base.allocator = allocator;
+    list->base.list_destructor = (cx_destructor_func) cx_ll_default_destructor;
     list->base.cmpfunc = comparator;
     list->base.itemsize = item_size;
     list->base.capacity = SIZE_MAX;
-    list->base.size = 0;
-
-    list->begin = NULL;
-    list->end = NULL;
 
     return (CxList *) list;
 }
@@ -783,19 +794,16 @@
         CxAllocator *allocator,
         CxListComparator comparator
 ) {
-    cx_linked_list *list = cxMalloc(allocator, sizeof(cx_linked_list));
+    cx_linked_list *list = cxCalloc(allocator, 1, sizeof(cx_linked_list));
     if (list == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
     list->base.cl = &cx_pointer_linked_list_class;
     list->base.allocator = allocator;
+    list->base.list_destructor = (cx_destructor_func) cx_ll_default_destructor;
     list->base.cmpfunc = comparator;
     list->base.itemsize = sizeof(void *);
     list->base.capacity = SIZE_MAX;
-    list->base.size = 0;
-
-    list->begin = NULL;
-    list->end = NULL;
 
     return (CxList *) list;
 }
@@ -811,22 +819,8 @@
     if (list == NULL) return NULL;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_items; i++) {
         if (0 != cxListAdd(list, ((const unsigned char *) array) + i * item_size)) {
-            cxLinkedListDestroy(list);
-            return NULL;
+            return cx_ll_default_destructor(list);
         }
     }
     return list;
 }
-
-void cxLinkedListDestroy(CxList *list) {
-    cx_linked_list *ll = (cx_linked_list *) list;
-
-    cx_linked_list_node *node = ll->begin;
-    while (node) {
-        void *next = node->next;
-        cxFree(list->allocator, node);
-        node = next;
-    }
-
-    cxFree(list->allocator, list);
-}