Use char* for strings in public API

The constant casting just makes user code a mess, for no benefit.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/byte_sink.h b/src/byte_sink.h
index 65b5eb12..39248c8c 100644
--- a/src/byte_sink.h
+++ b/src/byte_sink.h
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
 #include "serd/serd.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 typedef struct SerdByteSinkImpl {
   SerdSink sink;
   void*    stream;
-  uint8_t* buf;
+  char*    buf;
   size_t   size;
   size_t   block_size;
 } SerdByteSink;
@@ -24,12 +23,13 @@ typedef struct SerdByteSinkImpl {
 static inline SerdByteSink
 serd_byte_sink_new(SerdSink sink, void* stream, size_t block_size)
 {
-  SerdByteSink bsink = {sink, stream, NULL, 0, block_size};
-
-  if (block_size > 1) {
-    bsink.buf = (uint8_t*)serd_allocate_buffer(block_size);
-  }
-
+  SerdByteSink bsink;
+  bsink.sink       = sink;
+  bsink.stream     = stream;
+  bsink.size       = 0;
+  bsink.block_size = block_size;
+  bsink.buf =
+    ((block_size > 1) ? (char*)serd_allocate_buffer(block_size) : NULL);
   return bsink;
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ serd_byte_sink_write(const void* buf, size_t len, SerdByteSink* bsink)
     // Write as much as possible into the remaining buffer space
     memcpy(bsink->buf + bsink->size, buf, n);
     bsink->size += n;
-    buf = (const uint8_t*)buf + n;
+    buf = (const char*)buf + n;
     len -= n;
 
     // Flush page if buffer is full
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ serd_byte_sink_write(const void* buf, size_t len, SerdByteSink* bsink)
       bsink->size = 0;
     }
   }
-
   return orig_len;
 }