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: [PATCH] make cuchar alias uint8 instead of char (#17738)

---
 changelog.md   | 2 ++
 lib/system.nim | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index cfdcd3c629..5efde56599 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ## Changes affecting backward compatibility
 
+-  `cuchar` now aliases `uint8` instead of `char`
+
 - `repr` now doesn't insert trailing newline; previous behavior was very inconsistent,
   see #16034. Use `-d:nimLegacyReprWithNewline` for previous behavior.
 
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 38f6d64d3b..b7a4b45cf0 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*.