Re: type conversion warnings

[Joe Neeman]

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 12:22 +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Using g++ 4.3.2, I get many warnings like the one below while
> compiling lilypond:
> 
>   libc-extension.cc: In function 'char* strnlwr(char*, int)':
>   libc-extension.cc:26: warning: conversion to 'char' from 'int'
>                         may alter its value
>   libc-extension.cc: In function 'char* strnupr(char*, int)':
>   libc-extension.cc:37: warning: conversion to 'char' from 'int'
>                         may alter its value
> 
> Most of them, I presume, are harmless, but...  I think it would be a
> good idea to fix them.

Perhaps this would be a good job for our new Code Janitor? There are
some places (particularly ttf.cc) where it could be _slightly_ more
interesting than just adding explicit casts.

Joe