commit db889c182ee5f54127285bfaab5bc94dafe46bda
author Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org> Sat Nov 03 16:04:19 2018 -0400
committer Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org> Sat Nov 03 16:04:19 2018 -0400
tree eb2673be0f3dbc90f19e312547a575a10712233f
parent d6fdae310f2a98ca624c3a77c3aa03b8b3bd393a

Add operator char * to the naked array types as well

src/hb-dsalgs.hh

diff --git a/src/hb-dsalgs.hh b/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
index f2bff06..fafac1f 100644
--- a/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
+++ b/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
@@ -553,8 +553,10 @@
 
   inline unsigned int get_size (void) const { return len * sizeof (Type); }
 
-  template <typename T> inline operator  T * (void) { return arrayZ; }
+  template <typename T> inline operator T * (void) { return arrayZ; }
   template <typename T> inline operator const T * (void) const { return arrayZ; }
+  inline operator char * (void) { return (char *) arrayZ; }
+  inline operator const char * (void) const { return (const char *) arrayZ; }
 
   inline Type * operator & (void) { return arrayZ; }
   inline const Type * operator & (void) const { return arrayZ; }

src/hb-open-type.hh

diff --git a/src/hb-open-type.hh b/src/hb-open-type.hh
index 0f6efdc..e1dc8aa 100644
--- a/src/hb-open-type.hh
+++ b/src/hb-open-type.hh
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@
 
   template <typename T> inline operator T * (void) { return arrayZ; }
   template <typename T> inline operator const T * (void) const { return arrayZ; }
+  inline operator char * (void) { return (char *) arrayZ; }
+  inline operator const char * (void) const { return (const char *) arrayZ; }
 
   inline unsigned int get_size (unsigned int len) const
   { return len * Type::static_size; }