GNU bug report logs - #7203
[PATCH] sort: fix unportable conversion of unsigned char * -> char *

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Message #17 received at 7203 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 7203 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7203: [PATCH] sort: fix unportable conversion of unsigned
	char * -> char *
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:23:19 -0700

On 10/12/10 14:28, Jim Meyering wrote:
> This feels like enough of a technicality that I'd prefer to defer it.

Well, my suspicion is that some C compilers simply refuse to compile
the construct, as they're entitled to do.  I vaguely recall that
happening in the past.  No big deal of course.

You're right about the word "regression": I should have called it a "warning"
or "compile-time issue" or something like that, since it's not a run-time
problem on all practical porting hosts.

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