From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:43:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block-sha1/sha1.c: silence compiler complaints by casting void* to uintptr_t
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0908151142470.3162@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <7v63cp22cc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>



On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> From: Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:52:15 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] block-sha1/sha1.c: silence compiler complaints by casting void * to char *
> 
> Some compilers produce errors when arithmetic is attempted on pointers to
> void.  We want computations done on byte addresses, so cast them to char *
> to work them around.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Unnecessary outer parentheses, but ack anyway.

		Linus