RE: [Xen-devel] gcc4: char * vs unsigned char *

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > Since xen uses -Wall -Werror, gcc4 refuses to compile areas
> of the code where "char *" and "unsigned char *" are used in a
> mixed fashion.
> 
> This is a problem since xen uses "unsigned char *" for many
> string functions, but the x86 string implementation uses
> the (standard) "char *" and the generic string implementation
> uses the (non-standard?) "unsigned char *".
> 
> I'm willing to do the work to standardise on one, if the Xen
> maintainers think this is worth doing.  Otherwise I'll just
> get rid of the -Werror for now ...

I'm a big fan of -Werror.

It sounds like we should change the generic string implementation. 

Best,
Ian


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