Add wrappers for reinterpret_cast between char* and uint8_t*

Generally speaking reinterpret_cast is sketchy stuff. But the
special case of char*/uint8_t* is both common and safe. By
isolating those, the remaining (likely sketchy) cases are easier
to grep for.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/base/buf_comp.h b/src/lib/base/buf_comp.h
index 4c2b3a635..b4e1eb7a1 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/buf_comp.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/buf_comp.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) Buffered_Computation
       */
       void update(const std::string& str)
          {
-         add_data(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str.data()), str.size());
+         add_data(cast_char_ptr_to_uint8(str.data()), str.size());
          }
 
       /**