Re: [HACKERS] USE_LOCALE and unsigned char *

From: "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andreas Zeugswetter <andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] USE_LOCALE and unsigned char *
Date: 1998-09-03 02:52:48
Message-ID: 35EE0480.7B859B2F@alumni.caltech.edu
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> >> It currently looks like all developers are on a platform where
> >> USE_LOCALE is defined.
> >> If it is not defined (e.g. on AIX) I get all sorts of
> >> Function argument assignment between types "unsigned char*" and
> >> "char*" is not allowed.
> I think I am responsible of some of "unisigned char problems."
> I will look into these as soon as I confirm Bruce's fix works
> for LinuxPPC. Ok?

fwiw, gcc seems much more tolerant of this. I never compile with the
USE_LOCALE features (unless trying to debug timezone complaints :) and
my builds don't barf^H^H^H^Hfail.

- Tom

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