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Compiling at high warning levels in compliance with recommendation MSC00-C. Compile cleanly at high warning levels causes warnings to be issued when

• Wiki Markupconverting from {{unsigned char\[\]}} to {{const char *}} when {{char}} is signedunmigrated-wiki-markup
• converting from {{signed char\[\]}} to {{const char *}} when {{char}} is defined to be unsigned

Casts are required to eliminate these warnings, but excessive casts can make code difficult to read and hide legitimate warning messages.unmigrated-wiki-markup

If this C code were compiled using a C+\+ compiler, conversions from {{unsigned char\[\]}} to {{const char *}} and from {{signed char\[\]}} to {{const char *}} would be flagged as errors requiring casts.

Compliant Solution

The compliant solution uses plain char for character data.

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