[PATCH 12/17] xdiff: make xrecord_t.ptr a u8 instead of char

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Ezekiel Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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Sep 7, 2025, 19:45 UTC

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From: Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Ezekiel Newren <ezekielnewren@gmail.com>
---
 xdiff/xdiffi.c    |  8 ++++----
 xdiff/xemit.c     |  6 +++---
 xdiff/xmerge.c    | 14 +++++++-------
 xdiff/xpatience.c |  2 +-
 xdiff/xprepare.c  |  6 +++---
 xdiff/xtypes.h    |  2 +-
 xdiff/xutils.c    |  4 ++--
 7 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xdiff/xdiffi.c b/xdiff/xdiffi.c
index 44fd27823a..370813d2cf 100644
--- a/xdiff/xdiffi.c
+++ b/xdiff/xdiffi.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int get_indent(xrecord_t *rec)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rec->size; i++) {
-		char c = rec->ptr[i];
+		u8 c = rec->ptr[i];
 
 		if (!XDL_ISSPACE(c))
 			return ret;
@@ -992,11 +992,11 @@ static void xdl_mark_ignorable_lines(xdchange_t *xscr, xdfenv_t *xe, long flags)
 
 		rec = &xe->xdf1.recs[xch->i1];
 		for (i = 0; i < xch->chg1 && ignore; i++)
-			ignore = xdl_blankline(rec[i].ptr, rec[i].size, flags);
+			ignore = xdl_blankline((const char *)rec[i].ptr, rec[i].size, flags);
 
 		rec = &xe->xdf2.recs[xch->i2];
 		for (i = 0; i < xch->chg2 && ignore; i++)
-			ignore = xdl_blankline(rec[i].ptr, rec[i].size, flags);
+			ignore = xdl_blankline((const char *)rec[i].ptr, rec[i].size, flags);
 
 		xch->ignore = ignore;
 	}
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ static int record_matches_regex(xrecord_t *rec, xpparam_t const *xpp) {
 	size_t i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < xpp->ignore_regex_nr; i++)
-		if (!regexec_buf(xpp->ignore_regex[i], rec->ptr, rec->size, 1,
+		if (!regexec_buf(xpp->ignore_regex[i], (const char *)rec->ptr, rec->size, 1,
 				 &regmatch, 0))
 			return 1;
 
diff --git a/xdiff/xemit.c b/xdiff/xemit.c
index b2f1f30cd3..ead930088a 100644
--- a/xdiff/xemit.c
+++ b/xdiff/xemit.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int xdl_emit_record(xdfile_t *xdf, long ri, char const *pre, xdemitcb_t *
 {
 	xrecord_t *rec = &xdf->recs[ri];
 
-	if (xdl_emit_diffrec(rec->ptr, rec->size, pre, strlen(pre), ecb) < 0)
+	if (xdl_emit_diffrec((char const *)rec->ptr, rec->size, pre, strlen(pre), ecb) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ static long match_func_rec(xdfile_t *xdf, xdemitconf_t const *xecfg, long ri,
 	xrecord_t *rec = &xdf->recs[ri];
 
 	if (!xecfg->find_func)
-		return def_ff(rec->ptr, rec->size, buf, sz);
-	return xecfg->find_func(rec->ptr, rec->size, buf, sz, xecfg->find_func_priv);
+		return def_ff((const char *)rec->ptr, rec->size, buf, sz);
+	return xecfg->find_func((const char *)rec->ptr, rec->size, buf, sz, xecfg->find_func_priv);
 }
 
 static int is_func_rec(xdfile_t *xdf, xdemitconf_t const *xecfg, long ri)
diff --git a/xdiff/xmerge.c b/xdiff/xmerge.c
index fd600cbb5d..75cb3e76a2 100644
--- a/xdiff/xmerge.c
+++ b/xdiff/xmerge.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int xdl_merge_cmp_lines(xdfenv_t *xe1, int i1, xdfenv_t *xe2, int i2,
 	xrecord_t *rec2 = xe2->xdf2.recs + i2;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < line_count; i++) {
-		int result = xdl_recmatch(rec1[i].ptr, rec1[i].size,
-			rec2[i].ptr, rec2[i].size, flags);
+		int result = xdl_recmatch((const char *)rec1[i].ptr, rec1[i].size,
+			(const char *)rec2[i].ptr, rec2[i].size, flags);
 		if (!result)
 			return -1;
 	}
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ static int xdl_fill_merge_buffer(xdfenv_t *xe1, const char *name1,
 
 static int recmatch(xrecord_t *rec1, xrecord_t *rec2, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	return xdl_recmatch(rec1->ptr, rec1->size,
-			    rec2->ptr, rec2->size, flags);
+	return xdl_recmatch((const char *)rec1->ptr, rec1->size,
+			    (const char *)rec2->ptr, rec2->size, flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ static int xdl_refine_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdfenv_t *xe2, xdmerge_t *m,
 		 * we have a very simple mmfile structure.
 		 */
 		t1.ptr = (char *)xe1->xdf2.recs[m->i1].ptr;
-		t1.size = xe1->xdf2.recs[m->i1 + m->chg1 - 1].ptr
+		t1.size = (char *)xe1->xdf2.recs[m->i1 + m->chg1 - 1].ptr
 			+ xe1->xdf2.recs[m->i1 + m->chg1 - 1].size - t1.ptr;
 		t2.ptr = (char *)xe2->xdf2.recs[m->i2].ptr;
-		t2.size = xe2->xdf2.recs[m->i2 + m->chg2 - 1].ptr
+		t2.size = (char *)xe2->xdf2.recs[m->i2 + m->chg2 - 1].ptr
 			+ xe2->xdf2.recs[m->i2 + m->chg2 - 1].size - t2.ptr;
 		if (xdl_do_diff(&t1, &t2, xpp, &xe) < 0)
 			return -1;
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int line_contains_alnum(const char *ptr, long size)
 static int lines_contain_alnum(xdfenv_t *xe, int i, int chg)
 {
 	for (; chg; chg--, i++)
-		if (line_contains_alnum(xe->xdf2.recs[i].ptr,
+		if (line_contains_alnum((const char *)xe->xdf2.recs[i].ptr,
 				xe->xdf2.recs[i].size))
 			return 1;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/xdiff/xpatience.c b/xdiff/xpatience.c
index 20cda5e258..9181815fd4 100644
--- a/xdiff/xpatience.c
+++ b/xdiff/xpatience.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void insert_record(xpparam_t const *xpp, int line, struct hashmap *map,
 		return;
 	map->entries[index].line1 = line;
 	map->entries[index].hash = record->ha;
-	map->entries[index].anchor = is_anchor(xpp, map->env->xdf1.recs[line - 1].ptr);
+	map->entries[index].anchor = is_anchor(xpp, (const char *)map->env->xdf1.recs[line - 1].ptr);
 	if (!map->first)
 		map->first = map->entries + index;
 	if (map->last) {
diff --git a/xdiff/xprepare.c b/xdiff/xprepare.c
index 36437f91bb..f5c04afe50 100644
--- a/xdiff/xprepare.c
+++ b/xdiff/xprepare.c
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ static int xdl_classify_record(unsigned int pass, xdlclassifier_t *cf, xrecord_t
 	hi = (long) XDL_HASHLONG(rec->ha, cf->hbits);
 	for (rcrec = cf->rchash[hi]; rcrec; rcrec = rcrec->next)
 		if (rcrec->rec.ha == rec->ha &&
-				xdl_recmatch(rcrec->rec.ptr, rcrec->rec.size,
-					rec->ptr, rec->size, cf->flags))
+				xdl_recmatch((const char *)rcrec->rec.ptr, rcrec->rec.size,
+					(const char *)rec->ptr, rec->size, cf->flags))
 			break;
 
 	if (!rcrec) {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static int xdl_prepare_ctx(unsigned int pass, mmfile_t *mf, long narec, xpparam_
 			if (XDL_ALLOC_GROW(xdf->recs, xdf->nrec + 1, narec))
 				goto abort;
 			crec = &xdf->recs[xdf->nrec++];
-			crec->ptr = prev;
+			crec->ptr = (u8 const *)prev;
 			crec->size = (long) (cur - prev);
 			crec->ha = hav;
 			if (xdl_classify_record(pass, cf, crec) < 0)
diff --git a/xdiff/xtypes.h b/xdiff/xtypes.h
index 80afb98bf4..a1a9a61840 100644
--- a/xdiff/xtypes.h
+++ b/xdiff/xtypes.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ typedef struct s_chastore {
 } chastore_t;
 
 typedef struct s_xrecord {
-	char const *ptr;
+	u8 const *ptr;
 	long size;
 	unsigned long ha;
 } xrecord_t;
diff --git a/xdiff/xutils.c b/xdiff/xutils.c
index 332982b509..530addf1c6 100644
--- a/xdiff/xutils.c
+++ b/xdiff/xutils.c
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ int xdl_fall_back_diff(xdfenv_t *diff_env, xpparam_t const *xpp,
 	xdfenv_t env;
 
 	subfile1.ptr = (char *)diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 - 1].ptr;
-	subfile1.size = diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 + count1 - 2].ptr +
+	subfile1.size = (char *)diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 + count1 - 2].ptr +
 		diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 + count1 - 2].size - subfile1.ptr;
 	subfile2.ptr = (char *)diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 - 1].ptr;
-	subfile2.size = diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 + count2 - 2].ptr +
+	subfile2.size = (char *)diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 + count2 - 2].ptr +
 		diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 + count2 - 2].size - subfile2.ptr;
 	if (xdl_do_diff(&subfile1, &subfile2, xpp, &env) < 0)
 		return -1;

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