utf8: minor simplifications

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/shared/utf8.c b/src/shared/utf8.c
index 699682010e..4469a73751 100644
--- a/src/shared/utf8.c
+++ b/src/shared/utf8.c
@@ -142,19 +142,19 @@ int utf8_encoded_to_unichar(const char *str) {
 }
 
 bool utf8_is_printable_newline(const char* str, size_t length, bool newline) {
-        const uint8_t *p;
+        const char *p;
 
         assert(str);
 
-        for (p = (const uint8_t*) str; length;) {
+        for (p = str; length;) {
                 int encoded_len, val;
 
-                encoded_len = utf8_encoded_valid_unichar((const char *) p);
+                encoded_len = utf8_encoded_valid_unichar(p);
                 if (encoded_len < 0 ||
                     (size_t) encoded_len > length)
                         return false;
 
-                val = utf8_encoded_to_unichar((const char*) p);
+                val = utf8_encoded_to_unichar(p);
                 if (val < 0 ||
                     is_unicode_control(val) ||
                     (!newline && val == '\n'))