Casting `const void *` to `struct mi *` should result in a warning if done implicitly. The explicit cast was probably silencing that warning. `const` can and should be kept. Now, casting `const void *` to `const struct mi *` is done implicitly. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/bsearch.3 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/bsearch.3 b/man3/bsearch.3 index 6859bdba2..a07bfd568 100644 --- a/man3/bsearch.3 +++ b/man3/bsearch.3 @@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ struct mi { static int compmi(const void *m1, const void *m2) { - struct mi *mi1 = (struct mi *) m1; - struct mi *mi2 = (struct mi *) m2; + const struct mi *mi1 = m1; + const struct mi *mi2 = m2; return strcmp(mi1\->name, mi2\->name); } -- 2.28.0