From c8b8cb8458cf0aa5a33e9a94209ee1cb6df7646c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shirleyquirk <31934565+shirleyquirk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:27:10 +0100
Subject: make cuchar alias uint8 instead of char (#17738)

---
 lib/system.nim | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/system.nim')

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 38f6d64d3..b7a4b45cf 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ type # these work for most platforms:
     ## This is the same as the type `long double` in *C*.
     ## This C type is not supported by Nim's code generator.
 
-  cuchar* {.importc: "unsigned char", nodecl.} = char
+  cuchar* {.importc: "unsigned char", nodecl.} = uint8
     ## This is the same as the type `unsigned char` in *C*.
   cushort* {.importc: "unsigned short", nodecl.} = uint16
     ## This is the same as the type `unsigned short` in *C*.
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