From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 03:49:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (POINTER): Always use char *.
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(POINTER): Always use char *.
---

diff --git a/src/ralloc.c b/src/ralloc.c
index e5860a1d784..a8ab0754268 100644
--- a/src/ralloc.c
+++ b/src/ralloc.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 /* The important properties of this type are that 1) it's a pointer, and
    2) arithmetic on it should work as if the size of the object pointed
    to has a size of 1.  */
+#if 0 /* Arithmetic on void* is a GCC extension.  */
 #ifdef __STDC__
 typedef void *POINTER;
 #else
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ typedef void *POINTER;
 typedef char *POINTER;
 
 #endif
+#endif /* 0 */
+
+/* Unconditionally use char * for this.  */
+typedef char *POINTER;
 
 typedef unsigned long SIZE;