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ostream &stream;
stream.write(SomeUnsignedCharStar, intSize);
error C2664 cannot convert parameter 1 from const unsigned char * to const char *
Is there an overload write for const unsigned char *?
I do not want to change SomeUnsignedCharStar because it is everywhere in the legacy code I inherited. This was compiled on VC6 with no complain. I am slowly upgrading the code to VS2003 and then VS2010 evantually.
What is the easiest and cleanest fix?
You can cast this without any issues. Strict aliasing allows casting pointers between unsigned and signed versions of the same type, as well as casting from any type to
const char*, so you’re safe here.