Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.3dev.4

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In a recent note, T.E.Dickey said:

> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:35:54 -0400 (EDT)
> > >  
> > Out of curiosity, I added casts at all applied occurences that generated 
> > warnings or errors.  I felt this was safer than trying to change the 
> > declarations.  This is probably not the right way to do it -- some of 
> > the declarations should be changed back.  But, FYI, patch attached. 
> 
> I'm inclined to agree (but I'll look closely when I start working on dev.5).
> thanks.  (I'd rather keep the number of casts to a minimum - that's what'll
> decide it for me).
> 
I'm still experimenting.  I restored the dev.3 interface to LYLowerCase and
LYUpperCase and did the cast internally (which probably costs a couple
instructions per call -- so shoot me :-).  The patch gets 60% smaller --
2/3 of the casts go away.

-- gil
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