incompatibility of character pointers

[Karl Heuer]

In article <1990Feb6.163933.11022 at granite.cr.bull.com> blodgett at granite.cr.bull.com (Bruce Blodgett) writes:
>As far as I can tell, the following code fragment is not legal ANSI C:
>[Mixing any of "char *", "unsigned char *", or "signed char *" without casts]
>[Quotes from ANS indicate that they are not compatible types]

Sounds right to me.  What's the problem?

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl at ima.ima.isc.com or harvard!ima!karl), The Walking Lint