Re: [PATCH] Fix error: array subscript has type 'char'

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 27.01.2021 09:31, Jan Beulich wrote:
> But yes, I'm not the maintainer of this code, so if you're
> happy with such risks, so be it.

And actually I was only partly right here - there's one hunk
here affecting code I'm the maintainer just as much as you
are. At least there I'd like to ask that ...

> For the record, to me the less risky approach here would seem
> to have been to make use of compilers allowing to choose
> whether plain char is signed or unsigned, and force it to
> unsigned for at least the affected components.

... this be considered as an alternative, before I maybe
withdraw my de-facto nak.

(To amend my earlier reply: Such a command line option
addition could then also be properly commented, to explain
the particular need for the option.)

Jan