Gregory Stark <st...@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand how this fixes the problem.
> s is a "char*" so type punning it to an unsigned char * before dereferencing
> it is really the same as casting it to unsigned char directly
No, it isn't. If char is signed then you'll get quite different results
from a high-bit-set byte value, because sign extension will happen
before the value is reinterpreted as unsigned.
regards, tom lane
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