From: Vern Paxson <vern@ee.lbl.gov>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 17:34:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Got rid of (char *) casts of yytext, no longer needed.
X-Git-Tag: flex-2-5-5b~385
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fef15fbf76e626005c5b73f95ae00b9be4692abd;p=flex

Got rid of (char *) casts of yytext, no longer needed.
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diff --git a/flex.skl b/flex.skl
index 09c765c..afb7857 100644
--- a/flex.skl
+++ b/flex.skl
@@ -71,15 +71,14 @@
 
 /* Copy whatever the last rule matched to the standard output. */
 
-/* Cast to (char *) is because for 8-bit chars, yytext is (unsigned char *) */
-/* this used to be an fputs(), but since the string might contain NUL's,
- * we now use fwrite().
- */
 #ifndef ECHO
 %- Standard (non-C++) definition
-#define ECHO (void) fwrite( (char *) yytext, yyleng, 1, yyout )
+/* This used to be an fputs(), but since the string might contain NUL's,
+ * we now use fwrite().
+ */
+#define ECHO (void) fwrite( yytext, yyleng, 1, yyout )
 %+ C++ definition
-#define ECHO LexerOutput( (const char *) yytext, yyleng )
+#define ECHO LexerOutput( yytext, yyleng )
 %*
 #endif
 
diff --git a/gen.c b/gen.c
index 9f2f558..ee0f6ff 100644
--- a/gen.c
+++ b/gen.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ void make_tables()
 		indent_puts(
 		"YY_FATAL_ERROR( \"token too large, exceeds YYLMAX\" ); \\" );
 		indent_down();
-		indent_puts( "strcpy( yytext, (char *) yytext_ptr ); \\" );
+		indent_puts( "strcpy( yytext, yytext_ptr ); \\" );
 		}
 
 	set_indent( 0 );