Remove all old-style casts from C++ code

Jay Berkenbilt
1 parent babb4794
Showing 43 changed files with 346 additions and 276 deletions
examples/pdf-create.cc
examples/pdf-invert-images.cc
examples/pdf-parse-content.cc
include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
include/qpdf/QUtil.hh
libqpdf/BufferInputSource.cc
libqpdf/FileInputSource.cc
libqpdf/MD5.cc
libqpdf/PCRE.cc
libqpdf/Pl_AES_PDF.cc
libqpdf/Pl_ASCII85Decoder.cc
libqpdf/Pl_ASCIIHexDecoder.cc
libqpdf/Pl_Flate.cc
libqpdf/Pl_LZWDecoder.cc
libqpdf/Pl_MD5.cc
libqpdf/Pl_PNGFilter.cc
libqpdf/Pl_RC4.cc
libqpdf/Pl_SHA2.cc
libqpdf/QPDF.cc
libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ImageProvider::provideStreamData(int objid, int generation,
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < width * height; ++i)
     {
-        pipeline->write((unsigned char*)"\xff\x7f\x00", 3);
+        pipeline->write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer("\xff\x7f\x00"), 3);
     }
     pipeline->finish();
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ImageInverter::provideStreamData(int objid, int generation,
     unsigned char ch;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
     {
-	ch = (unsigned char)0xff - buf[i];
+	ch = static_cast<unsigned char>(0xff) - buf[i];
 	pipeline->write(&ch, 1);
     }
     pipeline->finish();
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	QPDF pdf;
 	pdf.processFile(filename);
         std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> pages = pdf.getAllPages();
-        if ((pageno < 1) || (pageno > (int)pages.size()))
+        if ((pageno < 1) || (static_cast<size_t>(pageno) > pages.size()))
         {
             usage();
         }
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ class QPDF
     void readHPageOffset(BitStream);
     void readHSharedObject(BitStream);
     void readHGeneric(BitStream, HGeneric&);
-    int maxEnd(ObjUser const& ou);
+    qpdf_offset_t maxEnd(ObjUser const& ou);
     qpdf_offset_t getLinearizationOffset(ObjGen const&);
     QPDFObjectHandle getUncompressedObject(
 	QPDFObjectHandle&, std::map<int, int> const& object_stream_data);
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ namespace QUtil
     QPDF_DLL
     long long string_to_ll(char const* str);
+    // Pipeline's write method wants unsigned char*, but we often have
+    // some other type of string.  These methods do combinations of
+    // const_cast and reinterpret_cast to give us an unsigned char*.
+    // They should only be used when it is known that it is safe.
+    // None of the pipelines in qpdf modify the data passed to them,
+    // so within qpdf, it should always be safe.
+    QPDF_DLL
+    unsigned char* unsigned_char_pointer(std::string const& str);
+    QPDF_DLL
+    unsigned char* unsigned_char_pointer(char const* str);
+
     // Throw std::runtime_error with a string formed by appending to
     // "description: " the standard string corresponding to the
     // current value of errno.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BufferInputSource::BufferInputSource(std::string const&amp; description,
 {
     this->buf = new Buffer(contents.length());
     unsigned char* bp = buf->getBuffer();
-    memcpy(bp, (char*)contents.c_str(), contents.length());
+    memcpy(bp, contents.c_str(), contents.length());
 }
 BufferInputSource::~BufferInputSource()
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BufferInputSource::findAndSkipNextEOL()
     {
         throw std::logic_error("INTERNAL ERROR: BufferInputSource offset < 0");
     }
-    qpdf_offset_t end_pos = (qpdf_offset_t) this->buf->getSize();
+    qpdf_offset_t end_pos = this->buf->getSize();
     if (this->cur_offset >= end_pos)
     {
 	this->last_offset = end_pos;
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ BufferInputSource::findAndSkipNextEOL()
     }
     qpdf_offset_t result = 0;
-    size_t len = (size_t)(end_pos - this->cur_offset);
+    size_t len = end_pos - this->cur_offset;
     unsigned char const* buffer = this->buf->getBuffer();
-    void* start = (void*)(buffer + this->cur_offset);
-    unsigned char* p1 = (unsigned char*)memchr(start, '\r', len);
-    unsigned char* p2 = (unsigned char*)memchr(start, '\n', len);
+    void* start = const_cast<unsigned char*>(buffer) + this->cur_offset;
+    unsigned char* p1 = static_cast<unsigned char*>(memchr(start, '\r', len));
+    unsigned char* p2 = static_cast<unsigned char*>(memchr(start, '\n', len));
     unsigned char* p = (p1 && p2) ? std::min(p1, p2) : p1 ? p1 : p2;
     if (p)
     {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BufferInputSource::seek(qpdf_offset_t offset, int whence)
 	break;
       case SEEK_END:
-	this->cur_offset = (qpdf_offset_t)this->buf->getSize() + offset;
+	this->cur_offset = this->buf->getSize() + offset;
 	break;
       case SEEK_CUR:
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ BufferInputSource::read(char* buffer, size_t length)
     {
         throw std::logic_error("INTERNAL ERROR: BufferInputSource offset < 0");
     }
-    qpdf_offset_t end_pos = (qpdf_offset_t) this->buf->getSize();
+    qpdf_offset_t end_pos = this->buf->getSize();
     if (this->cur_offset >= end_pos)
     {
 	this->last_offset = end_pos;
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ BufferInputSource::read(char* buffer, size_t length)
     }
     this->last_offset = this->cur_offset;
-    size_t len = std::min((size_t)(end_pos - this->cur_offset), length);
+    size_t len = std::min(
+        static_cast<size_t>(end_pos - this->cur_offset), length);
     memcpy(buffer, buf->getBuffer() + this->cur_offset, len);
     this->cur_offset += len;
     return len;
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ FileInputSource::findAndSkipNextEOL()
         }
         else
         {
-            char* p1 = (char*)memchr((void*)buf, '\r', len);
-            char* p2 = (char*)memchr((void*)buf, '\n', len);
+            char* p1 = static_cast<char*>(memchr(buf, '\r', len));
+            char* p2 = static_cast<char*>(memchr(buf, '\n', len));
             char* p = (p1 && p2) ? std::min(p1, p2) : p1 ? p1 : p2;
             if (p)
             {
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ void
 FileInputSource::unreadCh(char ch)
 {
     QUtil::os_wrapper(this->filename + ": unread character",
-		      ungetc((unsigned char)ch, this->file));
+		      ungetc(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch), this->file));
 }
@@ -71,22 +71,22 @@ static unsigned char PADDING[64] = {
 // FF, GG, HH, and II transformations for rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4.
 // Rotation is separate from addition to prevent recomputation.
 #define FF(a, b, c, d, x, s, ac) { \
- (a) += F ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + (UINT4)(ac); \
+ (a) += F ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + static_cast<UINT4>(ac); \
  (a) = ROTATE_LEFT ((a), (s)); \
  (a) += (b); \
   }
 #define GG(a, b, c, d, x, s, ac) { \
- (a) += G ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + (UINT4)(ac); \
+ (a) += G ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + static_cast<UINT4>(ac); \
  (a) = ROTATE_LEFT ((a), (s)); \
  (a) += (b); \
   }
 #define HH(a, b, c, d, x, s, ac) { \
- (a) += H ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + (UINT4)(ac); \
+ (a) += H ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + static_cast<UINT4>(ac); \
  (a) = ROTATE_LEFT ((a), (s)); \
  (a) += (b); \
   }
 #define II(a, b, c, d, x, s, ac) { \
- (a) += I ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + (UINT4)(ac); \
+ (a) += I ((b), (c), (d)) + (x) + static_cast<UINT4>(ac); \
  (a) = ROTATE_LEFT ((a), (s)); \
  (a) += (b); \
   }
@@ -115,21 +115,20 @@ void MD5::update(unsigned char *input,
     unsigned int i, index, partLen;
     // Compute number of bytes mod 64
-    index = (unsigned int)((count[0] >> 3) & 0x3F);
+    index = static_cast<unsigned int>((count[0] >> 3) & 0x3f);
     // Update number of bits
-    if ((count[0] += ((UINT4)inputLen << 3))
-	< ((UINT4)inputLen << 3))
+    if ((count[0] += (static_cast<UINT4>(inputLen) << 3)) <
+        (static_cast<UINT4>(inputLen) << 3))
 	count[1]++;
-    count[1] += ((UINT4)inputLen >> 29);
+    count[1] += (static_cast<UINT4>(inputLen) >> 29);
     partLen = 64 - index;
     // Transform as many times as possible.
     if (inputLen >= partLen) {
-	memcpy
-	    ((POINTER)&buffer[index], (POINTER)input, partLen);
+	memcpy(&buffer[index], input, partLen);
 	transform(state, buffer);
 	for (i = partLen; i + 63 < inputLen; i += 64)
@@ -141,9 +140,7 @@ void MD5::update(unsigned char *input,
 	i = 0;
     // Buffer remaining input
-    memcpy
-	((POINTER)&buffer[index], (POINTER)&input[i],
-	 inputLen-i);
+    memcpy(&buffer[index], &input[i], inputLen-i);
 }
 // MD5 finalization. Ends an MD5 message-digest operation, writing the
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ void MD5::final()
     // Pad out to 56 mod 64.
-    index = (unsigned int)((count[0] >> 3) & 0x3f);
+    index = static_cast<unsigned int>((count[0] >> 3) & 0x3f);
     padLen = (index < 56) ? (56 - index) : (120 - index);
     update(PADDING, padLen);
@@ -266,7 +263,7 @@ void MD5::transform(UINT4 state[4], unsigned char block[64])
     // Zeroize sensitive information.
-    memset ((POINTER)x, 0, sizeof (x));
+    memset (x, 0, sizeof (x));
 }
 // Encodes input (UINT4) into output (unsigned char). Assumes len is a
@@ -276,10 +273,10 @@ void MD5::encode(unsigned char *output, UINT4 *input, unsigned int len)
     unsigned int i, j;
     for (i = 0, j = 0; j < len; i++, j += 4) {
-	output[j] = (unsigned char)(input[i] & 0xff);
-	output[j+1] = (unsigned char)((input[i] >> 8) & 0xff);
-	output[j+2] = (unsigned char)((input[i] >> 16) & 0xff);
-	output[j+3] = (unsigned char)((input[i] >> 24) & 0xff);
+	output[j] = static_cast<unsigned char>(input[i] & 0xff);
+	output[j+1] = static_cast<unsigned char>((input[i] >> 8) & 0xff);
+	output[j+2] = static_cast<unsigned char>((input[i] >> 16) & 0xff);
+	output[j+3] = static_cast<unsigned char>((input[i] >> 24) & 0xff);
     }
 }
@@ -290,8 +287,11 @@ void MD5::decode(UINT4 *output, unsigned char *input, unsigned int len)
     unsigned int i, j;
     for (i = 0, j = 0; j < len; i++, j += 4)
-	output[i] = ((UINT4)input[j]) | (((UINT4)input[j+1]) << 8) |
-	    (((UINT4)input[j+2]) << 16) | (((UINT4)input[j+3]) << 24);
+	output[i] =
+            static_cast<UINT4>(input[j]) |
+            (static_cast<UINT4>(input[j+1]) << 8) |
+	    (static_cast<UINT4>(input[j+2]) << 16) |
+            (static_cast<UINT4>(input[j+3]) << 24);
 }
 // Public functions
@@ -308,20 +308,20 @@ void MD5::reset()
 void MD5::encodeString(char const* str)
 {
-    unsigned int len = (unsigned int)strlen(str);
+    unsigned int len = strlen(str);
-    update((unsigned char *)str, len);
+    update(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(str), len);
     final();
 }
 void MD5::appendString(char const* input_string)
 {
-    update((unsigned char *)input_string, (unsigned int) strlen(input_string));
+    update(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(input_string), strlen(input_string));
 }
 void MD5::encodeDataIncrementally(char const* data, int len)
 {
-    update((unsigned char *)data, len);
+    update(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(data), len);
 }
 void MD5::encodeFile(char const *filename, int up_to_size)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void MD5::encodeFile(char const *filename, int up_to_size)
 	len = fread(buffer, 1, to_try, file);
 	if (len > 0)
 	{
-	    update(buffer, (unsigned int) len);
+	    update(buffer, len);
 	    so_far += len;
 	    if ((up_to_size >= 0) && (so_far >= up_to_size))
 	    {
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ void MD5::print()
 std::string MD5::unparse()
 {
     final();
-    return QUtil::hex_encode(std::string((char*)digest_val, 16));
+    return QUtil::hex_encode(
+        std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(digest_val), 16));
 }
 std::string
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ PCRE::match(char const* subject, int options, int startoffset, int size)
 {
     if (size == -1)
     {
-	size = (int) strlen(subject);
+	size = strlen(subject);
     }
     Match result(this->nbackrefs, subject);
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ Pl_AES_PDF::finish()
             // Pad as described in section 3.5.1 of version 1.7 of the PDF
             // specification, including providing an entire block of padding
             // if the input was a multiple of 16 bytes.
-            unsigned char pad = (unsigned char) (this->buf_size - this->offset);
+            unsigned char pad =
+                static_cast<unsigned char>(this->buf_size - this->offset);
             memset(this->inbuf + this->offset, pad, pad);
             this->offset = this->buf_size;
             flush(false);
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write(unsigned char* buf, size_t len)
 		else
 		{
 		    QTC::TC("libtests", "Pl_ASCII85Decoder read z");
-		    getNext()->write((unsigned char*)"\000\000\000\000", 4);
+                    unsigned char zeroes[4];
+                    memset(zeroes, '\0', 4);
+		    getNext()->write(zeroes, 4);
 		}
 		break;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Pl_ASCIIHexDecoder::flush()
 	    b[i] = this->inbuf[i] - '0';
 	}
     }
-    unsigned char ch = (unsigned char)((b[0] << 4) + b[1]);
+    unsigned char ch = static_cast<unsigned char>((b[0] << 4) + b[1]);
     QTC::TC("libtests", "Pl_ASCIIHexDecoder partial flush",
 	    (this->pos == 2) ? 0 : 1);
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Pl_Flate::Pl_Flate(char const* identifier, Pipeline* next,
     // Windows environment.
     this->zdata = new z_stream;
-    z_stream& zstream = *((z_stream*) this->zdata);
-    zstream.zalloc = (alloc_func)0;
-    zstream.zfree = (free_func)0;
-    zstream.opaque = (voidpf)0;
+    z_stream& zstream = *(static_cast<z_stream*>(this->zdata));
+    zstream.zalloc = 0;
+    zstream.zfree = 0;
+    zstream.opaque = 0;
     zstream.next_in = 0;
     zstream.avail_in = 0;
     zstream.next_out = this->outbuf;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Pl_Flate::~Pl_Flate()
 	delete [] this->outbuf;
 	this->outbuf = 0;
     }
-    delete (z_stream*)this->zdata;
+    delete static_cast<z_stream*>(this->zdata);
     this->zdata = 0;
 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Pl_Flate::write(unsigned char* data, size_t len)
     while (bytes_left > 0)
     {
 	size_t bytes = (bytes_left >= max_bytes ? max_bytes : bytes_left);
-        handleData(buf, (int)bytes, Z_NO_FLUSH);
+        handleData(buf, bytes, Z_NO_FLUSH);
 	bytes_left -= bytes;
         buf += bytes;
     }
@@ -66,13 +66,20 @@ Pl_Flate::write(unsigned char* data, size_t len)
 void
 Pl_Flate::handleData(unsigned char* data, int len, int flush)
 {
-    z_stream& zstream = *((z_stream*) this->zdata);
+    z_stream& zstream = *(static_cast<z_stream*>(this->zdata));
     zstream.next_in = data;
     zstream.avail_in = len;
     if (! this->initialized)
     {
 	int err = Z_OK;
+
+        // deflateInit and inflateInit are macros that use old-style
+        // casts.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#       pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#       pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wold-style-cast"
+#endif
 	if (this->action == a_deflate)
 	{
 	    err = deflateInit(&zstream, Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
@@ -81,6 +88,10 @@ Pl_Flate::handleData(unsigned char* data, int len, int flush)
 	{
 	    err = inflateInit(&zstream);
 	}
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#       pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
 	checkError("Init", err);
 	this->initialized = true;
     }
@@ -146,7 +157,7 @@ Pl_Flate::finish()
     {
 	if (this->initialized)
 	{
-	    z_stream& zstream = *((z_stream*) this->zdata);
+	    z_stream& zstream = *(static_cast<z_stream*>(this->zdata));
 	    unsigned char buf[1];
 	    buf[0] = '\0';
 	    handleData(buf, 0, Z_FINISH);
@@ -171,7 +182,7 @@ Pl_Flate::finish()
 void
 Pl_Flate::checkError(char const* prefix, int error_code)
 {
-    z_stream& zstream = *((z_stream*) this->zdata);
+    z_stream& zstream = *(static_cast<z_stream*>(this->zdata));
     if (error_code != Z_OK)
     {
 	char const* action_str = (action == a_deflate ? "deflate" : "inflate");
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Pl_LZWDecoder::getFirstChar(int code)
     unsigned char result = '\0';
     if (code < 256)
     {
-	result = (unsigned char) code;
+	result = static_cast<unsigned char>(code);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Pl_LZWDecoder::addToTable(unsigned char next)
 	assert(idx < table.size());
 	Buffer& b = table[idx];
 	last_data = b.getBuffer();
-	last_size = (unsigned int) b.getSize();
+	last_size = b.getSize();
     }
     Buffer entry(1 + last_size);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Pl_LZWDecoder::handleCode(int code)
 	    // be what we read last plus the first character of what
 	    // we're reading now.
 	    unsigned char next = '\0';
-	    unsigned int table_size = (unsigned int) table.size();
+	    unsigned int table_size = table.size();
 	    if (code < 256)
 	    {
 		// just read < 256; last time's next was code
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Pl_LZWDecoder::handleCode(int code)
 	if (code < 256)
 	{
-	    unsigned char ch = (unsigned char) code;
+	    unsigned char ch = static_cast<unsigned char>(code);
 	    getNext()->write(&ch, 1);
 	}
 	else
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Pl_MD5::write(unsigned char* buf, size_t len)
     while (bytes_left > 0)
     {
 	size_t bytes = (bytes_left >= max_bytes ? max_bytes : bytes_left);
-        this->md5.encodeDataIncrementally((char*) data, (int)bytes);
+        this->md5.encodeDataIncrementally(
+            reinterpret_cast<char*>(data), bytes);
 	bytes_left -= bytes;
         data += bytes;
     }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Pl_PNGFilter::processRow()
 void
 Pl_PNGFilter::decodeRow()
 {
-    int filter = (int) this->cur_row[0];
+    int filter = this->cur_row[0];
     if (this->prev_row)
     {
 	switch (filter)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Pl_RC4::write(unsigned char* data, size_t len)
 	size_t bytes =
             (bytes_left < this->out_bufsize ? bytes_left : out_bufsize);
 	bytes_left -= bytes;
-	rc4.process(p, (int)bytes, outbuf);
+	rc4.process(p, bytes, outbuf);
 	p += bytes;
 	getNext()->write(outbuf, bytes);
     }
@@ -128,13 +128,16 @@ Pl_SHA2::getRawDigest()
     switch (bits)
     {
       case 256:
-        result = std::string((char*)this->sha256sum, sizeof(this->sha256sum));
+        result = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(this->sha256sum),
+                             sizeof(this->sha256sum));
         break;
       case 384:
-        result = std::string((char*)this->sha384sum, sizeof(this->sha384sum));
+        result = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(this->sha384sum),
+                             sizeof(this->sha384sum));
         break;
       case 512:
-        result = std::string((char*)this->sha512sum, sizeof(this->sha512sum));
+        result = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(this->sha512sum),
+                             sizeof(this->sha512sum));
         break;
       default:
         badBits();
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ QPDF::processMemoryFile(char const* description,
 			char const* password)
 {
     processInputSource(
-	new BufferInputSource(description,
-			      new Buffer((unsigned char*)buf, length),
-			      true),
+	new BufferInputSource(
+            description,
+            new Buffer(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(buf), length),
+            true),
         password);
 }
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ QPDF::parse(char const* password)
     // where the regexp matches.
     char* p = buf;
     char const* candidate = "";
-    while ((p = (char*)memchr(p, 's', tbuf_size - (p - buf))) != 0)
+    while ((p = static_cast<char*>(memchr(p, 's', tbuf_size - (p - buf)))) != 0)
     {
 	if (eof_re.match(p))
 	{
@@ -796,7 +797,7 @@ QPDF::processXRefStream(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset, QPDFObjectHandle&amp; xref_obj)
 	    for (int k = 0; k < W[j]; ++k)
 	    {
 		fields[j] <<= 8;
-		fields[j] += (int)(*p++);
+		fields[j] += static_cast<int>(*p++);
 	    }
 	}
@@ -828,7 +829,8 @@ QPDF::processXRefStream(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset, QPDFObjectHandle&amp; xref_obj)
 	    // This is needed by checkLinearization()
 	    this->first_xref_item_offset = xref_offset;
 	}
-	insertXrefEntry(obj, (int)fields[0], fields[1], (int)fields[2]);
+	insertXrefEntry(obj, static_cast<int>(fields[0]),
+                        fields[1], static_cast<int>(fields[2]));
     }
     if (! this->trailer.isInitialized())
@@ -1096,8 +1098,7 @@ QPDF::readObject(PointerHolder&lt;InputSource&gt; input,
                 }
                 length = length_obj.getIntValue();
-                input->seek(
-                    stream_offset + (qpdf_offset_t)length, SEEK_SET);
+                input->seek(stream_offset + length, SEEK_SET);
                 if (! (readToken(input) ==
                        QPDFTokenizer::Token(
                            QPDFTokenizer::tt_word, "endstream")))
@@ -1395,7 +1396,7 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(bool try_recovery,
 	    char ch;
 	    if (this->file->read(&ch, 1))
 	    {
-		if (! isspace((unsigned char)ch))
+		if (! isspace(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)))
 		{
 		    this->file->seek(-1, SEEK_CUR);
 		    break;
@@ -2064,7 +2065,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(int objid, int generation,
 			      "unexpected EOF reading stream data");
 	    }
 	    length -= len;
-	    pipeline->write((unsigned char*)buf, len);
+	    pipeline->write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(buf), len);
 	}
     }
     catch (QPDFExc& e)
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(std::string const&amp; data,
     assertStream();
     PointerHolder<Buffer> b = new Buffer(data.length());
     unsigned char* bp = b->getBuffer();
-    memcpy(bp, (char*)data.c_str(), data.length());
+    memcpy(bp, data.c_str(), data.length());
     dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.getPointer())->replaceStreamData(
 	b, filter, decode_parms);
 }
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parse(std::string const&amp; object_str,
     bool empty = false;
     QPDFObjectHandle result =
         parse(input, object_description, tokenizer, empty, 0, 0);
-    size_t offset = (size_t) input->tell();
+    size_t offset = input->tell();
     while (offset < object_str.length())
     {
         if (! isspace(object_str[offset]))
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parseContentStream_internal(QPDFObjectHandle stream,
     QPDFTokenizer tokenizer;
     tokenizer.allowEOF();
     bool empty = false;
-    while ((size_t) input->tell() < length)
+    while (static_cast<size_t>(input->tell()) < length)
     {
         QPDFObjectHandle obj =
             parseInternal(input, "content", tokenizer, empty,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral()
                     num[0] = p[1];
                     num[1] = p[2];
                     num[2] = '\0';
-                    char ch = (char)(strtol(num, 0, 16));
+                    char ch = static_cast<char>(strtol(num, 0, 16));
                     if (ch == '\0')
                     {
                         type = tt_bad;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::presentCharacter(char ch)
 	{
 	    // We've accumulated \ddd.  PDF Spec says to ignore
 	    // high-order overflow.
-	    val += (char) strtol(bs_num_register, 0, 8);
+	    val += static_cast<char>(strtol(bs_num_register, 0, 8));
 	    memset(bs_num_register, '\0', sizeof(bs_num_register));
 	    bs_num_count = 0;
 	}
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::presentCharacter(char ch)
 	    {
 		num[0] = val[i];
 		num[1] = val[i+1];
-		char nch = (char)(strtol(num, 0, 16));
+		char nch = static_cast<char>(strtol(num, 0, 16));
 		nval += nch;
 	    }
 	    val = nval;
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::readToken(PointerHolder&lt;InputSource&gt; input,
 	}
 	else
 	{
-	    if (is_space((unsigned char)ch) &&
+	    if (is_space(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)) &&
 		(input->getLastOffset() == offset))
 	    {
 		++offset;
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeBinary(unsigned long long val, unsigned int bytes)
     unsigned char data[sizeof(unsigned long long)];
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < bytes; ++i)
     {
-	data[bytes - i - 1] = (unsigned char)(val & 0xff);
+	data[bytes - i - 1] = static_cast<unsigned char>(val & 0xff);
 	val >>= 8;
     }
     this->pipeline->write(data, bytes);
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeBinary(unsigned long long val, unsigned int bytes)
 void
 QPDFWriter::writeString(std::string const& str)
 {
-    this->pipeline->write((unsigned char*)str.c_str(), str.length());
+    this->pipeline->write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(str), str.length());
 }
 void
@@ -887,14 +887,14 @@ QPDFWriter::pushEncryptionFilter()
 	{
 	    p = new Pl_AES_PDF(
 		"aes stream encryption", this->pipeline, true,
-		(unsigned char*) this->cur_data_key.c_str(),
-                (unsigned int)this->cur_data_key.length());
+		QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(this->cur_data_key),
+                this->cur_data_key.length());
 	}
 	else
 	{
 	    p = new Pl_RC4("rc4 stream encryption", this->pipeline,
-			   (unsigned char*) this->cur_data_key.c_str(),
-			   (unsigned int)this->cur_data_key.length());
+			   QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(this->cur_data_key),
+			   this->cur_data_key.length());
 	}
 	pushPipeline(p);
     }
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeTrailer(trailer_e which, int size, bool xref_stream,
 		    writeString(" /Prev ");
 		    qpdf_offset_t pos = this->pipeline->getCount();
 		    writeString(QUtil::int_to_string(prev));
-		    int nspaces = (int)(pos - this->pipeline->getCount() + 21);
+		    int nspaces = pos - this->pipeline->getCount() + 21;
 		    assert(nspaces >= 0);
 		    writePad(nspaces);
 		}
@@ -1504,14 +1504,15 @@ QPDFWriter::unparseObject(QPDFObjectHandle object, int level,
 	    if (this->encrypt_use_aes)
 	    {
 		Pl_Buffer bufpl("encrypted string");
-		Pl_AES_PDF pl("aes encrypt string", &bufpl, true,
-			      (unsigned char const*)this->cur_data_key.c_str(),
-                              (unsigned int)this->cur_data_key.length());
-		pl.write((unsigned char*) val.c_str(), val.length());
+		Pl_AES_PDF pl(
+                    "aes encrypt string", &bufpl, true,
+                    QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(this->cur_data_key),
+                    this->cur_data_key.length());
+		pl.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(val), val.length());
 		pl.finish();
 		Buffer* buf = bufpl.getBuffer();
 		val = QPDF_String(
-		    std::string((char*)buf->getBuffer(),
+		    std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf->getBuffer()),
 				buf->getSize())).unparse(true);
 		delete buf;
 	    }
@@ -1519,9 +1520,9 @@ QPDFWriter::unparseObject(QPDFObjectHandle object, int level,
 	    {
 		char* tmp = QUtil::copy_string(val);
 		size_t vlen = val.length();
-		RC4 rc4((unsigned char const*)this->cur_data_key.c_str(),
-			(int)this->cur_data_key.length());
-		rc4.process((unsigned char*)tmp, (int)vlen);
+		RC4 rc4(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(this->cur_data_key),
+			this->cur_data_key.length());
+		rc4.process(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(tmp), vlen);
 		val = QPDF_String(std::string(tmp, vlen)).unparse();
 		delete [] tmp;
 	    }
@@ -1788,7 +1789,7 @@ QPDFWriter::generateID()
                                       0x23, 0x84, 0x62, 0x64,
                                       0x33, 0x83, 0x27, 0x95,
                                       0x00};
-	result = (char*)tmp;
+	result = reinterpret_cast<char*>(tmp);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -1799,7 +1800,7 @@ QPDFWriter::generateID()
 	// the file yet.  This scheme should be fine though.
 	std::string seed;
-	seed += QUtil::int_to_string((int)QUtil::get_current_time());
+	seed += QUtil::int_to_string(QUtil::get_current_time());
 	seed += " QPDF ";
 	seed += this->filename;
 	seed += " ";
@@ -1823,7 +1824,8 @@ QPDFWriter::generateID()
 	m.encodeString(seed.c_str());
 	MD5::Digest digest;
 	m.digest(digest);
-	result = std::string((char*)digest, sizeof(MD5::Digest));
+	result = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(digest),
+                             sizeof(MD5::Digest));
     }
     // If /ID already exists, follow the spec: use the original first
@@ -1899,9 +1901,8 @@ QPDFWriter::generateObjectStreams()
     // This code doesn't do anything with /Extends.
     std::vector<int> const& eligible = this->pdf.getCompressibleObjects();
-    unsigned int n_object_streams =
-        (unsigned int)((eligible.size() + 99) / 100);
-    unsigned int n_per = (unsigned int)(eligible.size() / n_object_streams);
+    unsigned int n_object_streams = (eligible.size() + 99) / 100;
+    unsigned int n_per = eligible.size() / n_object_streams;
     if (n_per * n_object_streams < eligible.size())
     {
 	++n_per;
@@ -2206,7 +2207,8 @@ QPDFWriter::write()
 	this->object_stream_to_objects[stream].insert(obj);
 	this->max_ostream_index =
 	    std::max(this->max_ostream_index,
-		     (int)this->object_stream_to_objects[stream].size() - 1);
+		     static_cast<int>(
+                         this->object_stream_to_objects[stream].size()) - 1);
     }
     if (! this->object_stream_to_objects.empty())
@@ -2553,8 +2555,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeLinearized()
     //
     // Second half objects
-    int second_half_uncompressed =
-        (int)(part7.size() + part8.size() + part9.size());
+    int second_half_uncompressed = part7.size() + part8.size() + part9.size();
     int second_half_first_obj = 1;
     int after_second_half = 1 + second_half_uncompressed;
     this->next_objid = after_second_half;
@@ -2661,7 +2662,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeLinearized()
 	{
 	    std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& pages = pdf.getAllPages();
 	    int first_page_object = obj_renumber[pages[0].getObjectID()];
-	    int npages = (int)pages.size();
+	    int npages = pages.size();
 	    writeString(" /Linearized 1 /L ");
 	    writeString(QUtil::int_to_string(file_size + hint_length));
@@ -2821,7 +2822,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeLinearized()
 		// If this assertion fails, maybe we didn't have
 		// enough padding above.
 		assert(this->pipeline->getCount() ==
-		       (qpdf_offset_t)(second_xref_end + hint_length));
+                       second_xref_end + hint_length);
 	    }
 	}
 	else
@@ -2849,7 +2850,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeLinearized()
 	    activatePipelineStack();
 	    writeHintStream(hint_id);
 	    popPipelineStack(&hint_buffer);
-	    hint_length = (qpdf_offset_t)hint_buffer->getSize();
+	    hint_length = hint_buffer->getSize();
 	    // Restore hint offset
 	    this->xref[hint_id] = QPDFXRefEntry(1, hint_offset, 0);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ QPDFXRefEntry::getObjStreamNumber() const
 	throw std::logic_error(
 	    "getObjStreamNumber called for xref entry of type != 2");
     }
-    return (int) this->field1;
+    return this->field1;
 }
 int
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ QPDF_Array::getTypeName() const
 int
 QPDF_Array::getNItems() const
 {
-    return (int)this->items.size();
+    return this->items.size();
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF_Array::getItem(int n) const
 {
-    if ((n < 0) || (n >= (int)this->items.size()))
+    if ((n < 0) || (n >= static_cast<int>(this->items.size())))
     {
 	throw std::logic_error(
 	    "INTERNAL ERROR: bounds error accessing QPDF_Array element");
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void
 QPDF_Array::insertItem(int at, QPDFObjectHandle const& item)
 {
     // As special case, also allow insert beyond the end
-    if ((at < 0) || (at > (int)this->items.size()))
+    if ((at < 0) || (at > static_cast<int>(this->items.size())))
     {
 	throw std::logic_error(
 	    "INTERNAL ERROR: bounds error accessing QPDF_Array element");
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::replaceFilterData(QPDFObjectHandle const&amp; filter,
     else
     {
         this->stream_dict.replaceKey(
-            "/Length", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger((int)length));
+            "/Length", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(length));
     }
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ QPDF_String::unparse(bool force_binary)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-		    sprintf(num, "\\%03o", (unsigned char)ch);
+		    sprintf(num, "\\%03o", static_cast<unsigned char>(ch));
 		    result += num;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ QPDF_String::getUTF8Val() const
 	    // discarded, and a low codepoint not preceded by a high
 	    // codepoint will just get its low 10 bits output.
 	    unsigned short bits =
-		(((unsigned char) this->val[i]) << 8) +
-		((unsigned char) this->val[i+1]);
+		(static_cast<unsigned char>(this->val[i]) << 8) +
+		static_cast<unsigned char>(this->val[i+1]);
 	    if ((bits & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)
 	    {
 		codepoint = 0x10000 + ((bits & 0x3FF) << 10);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ QPDF_String::getUTF8Val() const
     {
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
 	{
-	    result += QUtil::toUTF8((unsigned char) this->val[i]);
+	    result += QUtil::toUTF8(static_cast<unsigned char>(this->val[i]));
 	}
     }
     return result;
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ QPDF::EncryptionData::setV5EncryptionParameters(
 static void
 pad_or_truncate_password_V4(std::string const& password, char k1[key_bytes])
 {
-    int password_bytes = std::min(key_bytes, (unsigned int)password.length());
+    int password_bytes = std::min(static_cast<size_t>(key_bytes),
+                                  password.length());
     int pad_bytes = key_bytes - password_bytes;
     memcpy(k1, password.c_str(), password_bytes);
     memcpy(k1 + password_bytes, padding_string, pad_bytes);
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ pad_or_truncate_password_V4(std::string const&amp; password)
 static std::string
 truncate_password_V5(std::string const& password)
 {
-    return password.substr(0, std::min((size_t)127, password.length()));
+    return password.substr(
+        0, std::min(static_cast<size_t>(127), password.length()));
 }
 static void
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ iterate_md5_digest(MD5&amp; md5, MD5::Digest&amp; digest, int iterations)
     for (int i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
     {
 	MD5 m;
-	m.encodeDataIncrementally((char*)digest, sizeof(digest));
+	m.encodeDataIncrementally(reinterpret_cast<char*>(digest),
+                                  sizeof(digest));
 	m.digest(digest);
     }
 }
@@ -223,8 +226,8 @@ process_with_aes(std::string const&amp; key,
 {
     Pl_Buffer buffer("buffer");
     Pl_AES_PDF aes("aes", &buffer, encrypt,
-                   (unsigned char const*)key.c_str(),
-                   (unsigned int)key.length());
+                   QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(key),
+                   key.length());
     if (iv)
     {
         aes.setIV(iv, iv_length);
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ process_with_aes(std::string const&amp; key,
     aes.disablePadding();
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < repetitions; ++i)
     {
-        aes.write((unsigned char*)data.c_str(), data.length());
+        aes.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(data), data.length());
     }
     aes.finish();
     PointerHolder<Buffer> bufp = buffer.getBuffer();
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ process_with_aes(std::string const&amp; key,
     {
         outlength = std::min(outlength, bufp->getSize());
     }
-    return std::string((char const*)bufp->getBuffer(), outlength);
+    return std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(bufp->getBuffer()), outlength);
 }
 static std::string
@@ -258,9 +261,9 @@ hash_V5(std::string const&amp; password,
         QPDF::EncryptionData const& data)
 {
     Pl_SHA2 hash(256);
-    hash.write((unsigned char*)password.c_str(), password.length());
-    hash.write((unsigned char*)salt.c_str(), salt.length());
-    hash.write((unsigned char*)udata.c_str(), udata.length());
+    hash.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(password), password.length());
+    hash.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(salt), salt.length());
+    hash.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(udata), udata.length());
     hash.finish();
     std::string K = hash.getRawDigest();
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ hash_V5(std::string const&amp; password,
             assert(K.length() >= 32);
             std::string E = process_with_aes(
                 K.substr(0, 16), true, K1, 0, 64,
-                (unsigned char*)K.substr(16, 16).c_str(), 16);
+                QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(K.substr(16, 16)), 16);
             // E_mod_3 is supposed to be mod 3 of the first 16 bytes
             // of E taken as as a (128-bit) big-endian number.  Since
@@ -309,22 +312,22 @@ hash_V5(std::string const&amp; password,
             int E_mod_3 = 0;
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
             {
-                E_mod_3 += (unsigned char)E[i];
+                E_mod_3 += static_cast<unsigned char>(E[i]);
             }
             E_mod_3 %= 3;
             int next_hash = ((E_mod_3 == 0) ? 256 :
                              (E_mod_3 == 1) ? 384 :
                              512);
             Pl_SHA2 hash(next_hash);
-            hash.write((unsigned char*)E.c_str(), E.length());
+            hash.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(E), E.length());
             hash.finish();
             K = hash.getRawDigest();
             if (round_number >= 64)
             {
-                unsigned int ch = (unsigned int)((unsigned char) *(E.rbegin()));
+                unsigned int ch = static_cast<unsigned char>(*(E.rbegin()));
-                if (ch <= (unsigned int)(round_number - 32))
+                if (ch <= static_cast<unsigned int>(round_number - 32))
                 {
                     done = true;
                 }
@@ -353,22 +356,22 @@ QPDF::compute_data_key(std::string const&amp; encryption_key,
     }
     // Append low three bytes of object ID and low two bytes of generation
-    result += (char) (objid & 0xff);
-    result += (char) ((objid >> 8) & 0xff);
-    result += (char) ((objid >> 16) & 0xff);
-    result += (char) (generation & 0xff);
-    result += (char) ((generation >> 8) & 0xff);
+    result += static_cast<char>(objid & 0xff);
+    result += static_cast<char>((objid >> 8) & 0xff);
+    result += static_cast<char>((objid >> 16) & 0xff);
+    result += static_cast<char>(generation & 0xff);
+    result += static_cast<char>((generation >> 8) & 0xff);
     if (use_aes)
     {
 	result += "sAlT";
     }
     MD5 md5;
-    md5.encodeDataIncrementally(result.c_str(), (int)result.length());
+    md5.encodeDataIncrementally(result.c_str(), result.length());
     MD5::Digest digest;
     md5.digest(digest);
-    return std::string((char*) digest,
-		       std::min(result.length(), (size_t) 16));
+    return std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(digest),
+		       std::min(result.length(), static_cast<size_t>(16)));
 }
 std::string
@@ -409,13 +412,13 @@ QPDF::compute_encryption_key_from_password(
     md5.encodeDataIncrementally(data.getO().c_str(), key_bytes);
     char pbytes[4];
     int P = data.getP();
-    pbytes[0] = (char) (P & 0xff);
-    pbytes[1] = (char) ((P >> 8) & 0xff);
-    pbytes[2] = (char) ((P >> 16) & 0xff);
-    pbytes[3] = (char) ((P >> 24) & 0xff);
+    pbytes[0] = static_cast<char>(P & 0xff);
+    pbytes[1] = static_cast<char>((P >> 8) & 0xff);
+    pbytes[2] = static_cast<char>((P >> 16) & 0xff);
+    pbytes[3] = static_cast<char>((P >> 24) & 0xff);
     md5.encodeDataIncrementally(pbytes, 4);
     md5.encodeDataIncrementally(data.getId1().c_str(),
-                                (int)data.getId1().length());
+                                data.getId1().length());
     if ((data.getR() >= 4) && (! data.getEncryptMetadata()))
     {
 	char bytes[4];
@@ -424,7 +427,7 @@ QPDF::compute_encryption_key_from_password(
     }
     MD5::Digest digest;
     iterate_md5_digest(md5, digest, ((data.getR() >= 3) ? 50 : 0));
-    return std::string((char*)digest, data.getLengthBytes());
+    return std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(digest), data.getLengthBytes());
 }
 static void
@@ -463,7 +466,7 @@ compute_O_value(std::string const&amp; user_password,
     char upass[key_bytes];
     pad_or_truncate_password_V4(user_password, upass);
-    iterate_rc4((unsigned char*) upass, key_bytes,
+    iterate_rc4(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(upass), key_bytes,
 		O_key, data.getLengthBytes(),
                 (data.getR() >= 3) ? 20 : 1, false);
     return std::string(upass, key_bytes);
@@ -479,8 +482,9 @@ compute_U_value_R2(std::string const&amp; user_password,
     std::string k1 = QPDF::compute_encryption_key(user_password, data);
     char udata[key_bytes];
     pad_or_truncate_password_V4("", udata);
-    iterate_rc4((unsigned char*) udata, key_bytes,
-		(unsigned char*)k1.c_str(), data.getLengthBytes(), 1, false);
+    iterate_rc4(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(udata), key_bytes,
+		QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(k1),
+                data.getLengthBytes(), 1, false);
     return std::string(udata, key_bytes);
 }
@@ -496,18 +500,19 @@ compute_U_value_R3(std::string const&amp; user_password,
     md5.encodeDataIncrementally(
 	pad_or_truncate_password_V4("").c_str(), key_bytes);
     md5.encodeDataIncrementally(data.getId1().c_str(),
-                                (int)data.getId1().length());
+                                data.getId1().length());
     MD5::Digest digest;
     md5.digest(digest);
     iterate_rc4(digest, sizeof(MD5::Digest),
-		(unsigned char*) k1.c_str(), data.getLengthBytes(), 20, false);
+		QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(k1),
+                data.getLengthBytes(), 20, false);
     char result[key_bytes];
     memcpy(result, digest, sizeof(MD5::Digest));
     // pad with arbitrary data -- make it consistent for the sake of
     // testing
     for (unsigned int i = sizeof(MD5::Digest); i < key_bytes; ++i)
     {
-	result[i] = (char)((i * i) % 0xff);
+	result[i] = static_cast<char>((i * i) % 0xff);
     }
     return std::string(result, key_bytes);
 }
@@ -572,11 +577,11 @@ check_owner_password_V4(std::string&amp; user_password,
     unsigned char key[OU_key_bytes_V4];
     compute_O_rc4_key(user_password, owner_password, data, key);
     unsigned char O_data[key_bytes];
-    memcpy(O_data, (unsigned char*) data.getO().c_str(), key_bytes);
+    memcpy(O_data, QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(data.getO()), key_bytes);
     iterate_rc4(O_data, key_bytes, key, data.getLengthBytes(),
                 (data.getR() >= 3) ? 20 : 1, true);
     std::string new_user_password =
-        std::string((char*)O_data, key_bytes);
+        std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(O_data), key_bytes);
     bool result = false;
     if (check_user_password(new_user_password, data))
     {
@@ -632,7 +637,8 @@ compute_U_UE_value_V5(std::string const&amp; user_password,
 {
     // Algorithm 3.8 from the PDF 1.7 extension level 3
     char k[16];
-    QUtil::initializeWithRandomBytes((unsigned char*) k, sizeof(k));
+    QUtil::initializeWithRandomBytes(
+        QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(k), sizeof(k));
     std::string validation_salt(k, 8);
     std::string key_salt(k + 8, 8);
     U = hash_V5(user_password, validation_salt, "", data) +
@@ -650,7 +656,8 @@ compute_O_OE_value_V5(std::string const&amp; owner_password,
 {
     // Algorithm 3.9 from the PDF 1.7 extension level 3
     char k[16];
-    QUtil::initializeWithRandomBytes((unsigned char*) k, sizeof(k));
+    QUtil::initializeWithRandomBytes(
+        QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(k), sizeof(k));
     std::string validation_salt(k, 8);
     std::string key_salt(k + 8, 8);
     O = hash_V5(owner_password, validation_salt, U, data) +
@@ -668,7 +675,7 @@ compute_Perms_value_V5_clear(std::string const&amp; encryption_key,
     unsigned long long extended_perms = 0xffffffff00000000LL | data.getP();
     for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
     {
-        k[i] = (unsigned char) (extended_perms & 0xff);
+        k[i] = static_cast<unsigned char>(extended_perms & 0xff);
         extended_perms >>= 8;
     }
     k[8] = data.getEncryptMetadata() ? 'T' : 'F';
@@ -685,8 +692,9 @@ compute_Perms_value_V5(std::string const&amp; encryption_key,
     // Algorithm 3.10 from the PDF 1.7 extension level 3
     unsigned char k[16];
     compute_Perms_value_V5_clear(encryption_key, data, k);
-    return process_with_aes(encryption_key, true,
-                            std::string((char const*) k, sizeof(k)));
+    return process_with_aes(
+        encryption_key, true,
+        std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(k), sizeof(k)));
 }
 std::string
@@ -834,7 +842,7 @@ QPDF::initializeEncryption()
     int R = encryption_dict.getKey("/R").getIntValue();
     std::string O = encryption_dict.getKey("/O").getStringValue();
     std::string U = encryption_dict.getKey("/U").getStringValue();
-    unsigned int P = (unsigned int) encryption_dict.getKey("/P").getIntValue();
+    unsigned int P = encryption_dict.getKey("/P").getIntValue();
     // If supporting new encryption R/V values, remember to update
     // error message inside this if statement.
@@ -1084,22 +1092,23 @@ QPDF::decryptString(std::string&amp; str, int objid, int generation)
 	    QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption aes decode string");
 	    Pl_Buffer bufpl("decrypted string");
 	    Pl_AES_PDF pl("aes decrypt string", &bufpl, false,
-			  (unsigned char const*)key.c_str(),
-                          (unsigned int)key.length());
-	    pl.write((unsigned char*)str.c_str(), str.length());
+			  QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(key),
+                          key.length());
+	    pl.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(str), str.length());
 	    pl.finish();
 	    PointerHolder<Buffer> buf = bufpl.getBuffer();
-	    str = std::string((char*)buf->getBuffer(), buf->getSize());
+	    str = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf->getBuffer()),
+                              buf->getSize());
 	}
 	else
 	{
 	    QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption rc4 decode string");
-	    unsigned int vlen = (int)str.length();
+	    unsigned int vlen = str.length();
 	    // Using PointerHolder guarantees that tmp will
 	    // be freed even if rc4.process throws an exception.
 	    PointerHolder<char> tmp(true, QUtil::copy_string(str));
-	    RC4 rc4((unsigned char const*)key.c_str(), (int)key.length());
-	    rc4.process((unsigned char*)tmp.getPointer(), vlen);
+	    RC4 rc4(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(key), key.length());
+	    rc4.process(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(tmp.getPointer()), vlen);
 	    str = std::string(tmp.getPointer(), vlen);
 	}
     }
@@ -1240,15 +1249,15 @@ QPDF::decryptStream(Pipeline*&amp; pipeline, int objid, int generation,
     {
 	QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption aes decode stream");
 	pipeline = new Pl_AES_PDF("AES stream decryption", pipeline,
-				  false, (unsigned char*) key.c_str(),
-                                  (unsigned int) key.length());
+				  false, QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(key),
+                                  key.length());
     }
     else
     {
 	QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption rc4 decode stream");
 	pipeline = new Pl_RC4("RC4 stream decryption", pipeline,
-			      (unsigned char*) key.c_str(),
-                              (unsigned int) key.length());
+			      QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(key),
+                              key.length());
     }
     heap.push_back(pipeline);
 }
@@ -1285,7 +1294,7 @@ QPDF::compute_encryption_parameters_V5(
                         id1, encrypt_metadata);
     unsigned char k[key_bytes];
     QUtil::initializeWithRandomBytes(k, key_bytes);
-    encryption_key = std::string((char const*)k, key_bytes);
+    encryption_key = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(k), key_bytes);
     compute_U_UE_value_V5(user_password, encryption_key, data, U, UE);
     compute_O_OE_value_V5(owner_password, encryption_key, data, U, O, OE);
     Perms = compute_Perms_value_V5(encryption_key, data);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ QPDF::isLinearized()
 	}
 	else
 	{
-	    p = (char*)memchr(p, '\0', tbuf_size - (p - buf));
+	    p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(memchr(p, '\0', tbuf_size - (p - buf)));
 	    assert(p != 0);
 	    while ((p - buf < tbuf_size) && (*p == 0))
 	    {
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ QPDF::isLinearized()
     }
     QPDFObjectHandle linkey = candidate.getKey("/Linearized");
-    if (! (linkey.isNumber() && ((int)floor(linkey.getNumericValue()) == 1)))
+    if (! (linkey.isNumber() &&
+           (static_cast<int>(floor(linkey.getNumericValue())) == 1)))
     {
 	return false;
     }
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ QPDF::readLinearizationData()
     PointerHolder<Buffer> hbp = pb.getBuffer();
     Buffer* hb = hbp.getPointer();
     unsigned char const* h_buf = hb->getBuffer();
-    int h_size = (int)hb->getSize();
+    int h_size = hb->getSize();
     readHPageOffset(BitStream(h_buf, h_size));
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ QPDF::readHintStream(Pipeline&amp; pl, qpdf_offset_t offset, size_t length)
     {
 	QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF hint table length direct");
     }
-    qpdf_offset_t computed_end = offset + (qpdf_offset_t)length;
+    qpdf_offset_t computed_end = offset + length;
     if ((computed_end < min_end_offset) ||
 	(computed_end > max_end_offset))
     {
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ QPDF::checkLinearizationInternal()
     }
     // N: number of pages
-    int npages = (int)pages.size();
+    int npages = pages.size();
     if (p.npages != npages)
     {
 	// Not tested in the test suite
@@ -576,8 +577,8 @@ QPDF::checkLinearizationInternal()
     // contain any files with threads.
     assert(! this->part6.empty());
-    int min_E = -1;
-    int max_E = -1;
+    qpdf_offset_t min_E = -1;
+    qpdf_offset_t max_E = -1;
     for (std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>::iterator iter = this->part6.begin();
 	 iter != this->part6.end(); ++iter)
     {
@@ -585,8 +586,8 @@ QPDF::checkLinearizationInternal()
 	// All objects have to have been dereferenced to be classified.
 	assert(this->obj_cache.count(og) > 0);
 	ObjCache const& oc = this->obj_cache[og];
-	min_E = std::max(min_E, (int)oc.end_before_space);
-	max_E = std::max(max_E, (int)oc.end_after_space);
+	min_E = std::max(min_E, oc.end_before_space);
+	max_E = std::max(max_E, oc.end_after_space);
     }
     if ((p.first_page_end < min_E) || (p.first_page_end > max_E))
     {
@@ -632,19 +633,18 @@ QPDF::checkLinearizationInternal()
     return result;
 }
-int
+qpdf_offset_t
 QPDF::maxEnd(ObjUser const& ou)
 {
     assert(this->obj_user_to_objects.count(ou) > 0);
     std::set<ObjGen> const& ogs = this->obj_user_to_objects[ou];
-    int end = 0;
+    qpdf_offset_t end = 0;
     for (std::set<ObjGen>::const_iterator iter = ogs.begin();
 	 iter != ogs.end(); ++iter)
     {
 	ObjGen const& og = *iter;
 	assert(this->obj_cache.count(og) > 0);
-	end = std::max(
-	    end, (int)(this->obj_cache[og].end_after_space));
+	end = std::max(end, this->obj_cache[og].end_after_space);
     }
     return end;
 }
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ QPDF::checkHPageOffset(std::list&lt;std::string&gt;&amp; errors,
     // under a page's /Resources dictionary in with shared objects
     // even when they are private.
-    unsigned int npages = (unsigned int)pages.size();
+    unsigned int npages = pages.size();
     int table_offset = adjusted_offset(
 	this->page_offset_hints.first_page_offset);
     ObjGen first_page_og(pages[0].getObjectID(), pages[0].getGeneration());
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
 	    pages.push_back(getUncompressedObject(*iter, object_stream_data));
 	}
     }
-    unsigned int npages = (unsigned int)pages.size();
+    unsigned int npages = pages.size();
     // We will be initializing some values of the computed hint
     // tables.  Specifically, we can initialize any items that deal
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // in garbage values for all the shared object identifiers on the
     // first page.
-    this->c_page_offset_data.entries[0].nobjects = (int)this->part6.size();
+    this->c_page_offset_data.entries[0].nobjects = this->part6.size();
     // Part 7: other pages' private objects
@@ -1657,10 +1657,9 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // Make sure we got everything exactly once.
     unsigned int num_placed =
-        (unsigned int)(this->part4.size() + this->part6.size() +
-                       this->part7.size() + this->part8.size() +
-                       this->part9.size());
-    unsigned int num_wanted = (unsigned int)this->object_to_obj_users.size();
+        this->part4.size() + this->part6.size() + this->part7.size() +
+        this->part8.size() + this->part9.size();
+    unsigned int num_wanted = this->object_to_obj_users.size();
     if (num_placed != num_wanted)
     {
 	throw std::logic_error(
@@ -1684,11 +1683,9 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // can map from object number only without regards to generation.
     std::map<int, int> obj_to_index;
-    this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_first_page =
-        (unsigned int)this->part6.size();
+    this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_first_page = this->part6.size();
     this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_total =
-	this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_first_page +
-	(unsigned int) this->part8.size();
+	this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_first_page + this->part8.size();
     std::vector<CHSharedObjectEntry>& shared =
 	this->c_shared_object_data.entries;
@@ -1697,7 +1694,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     {
 	QPDFObjectHandle& oh = *iter;
 	int obj = oh.getObjectID();
-	obj_to_index[obj] = (int)shared.size();
+	obj_to_index[obj] = shared.size();
 	shared.push_back(CHSharedObjectEntry(obj));
     }
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF lin part 8 empty", this->part8.empty() ? 1 : 0);
@@ -1711,12 +1708,12 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
 	{
 	    QPDFObjectHandle& oh = *iter;
 	    int obj = oh.getObjectID();
-	    obj_to_index[obj] = (int)shared.size();
+	    obj_to_index[obj] = shared.size();
 	    shared.push_back(CHSharedObjectEntry(obj));
 	}
     }
-    assert(this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_total ==
-	   (int) this->c_shared_object_data.entries.size());
+    assert(static_cast<size_t>(this->c_shared_object_data.nshared_total) ==
+	   this->c_shared_object_data.entries.size());
     // Now compute the list of shared objects for each page after the
     // first page.
@@ -1827,7 +1824,7 @@ QPDF::calculateHPageOffset(
     // values.
     std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& pages = getAllPages();
-    unsigned int npages = (unsigned int)pages.size();
+    unsigned int npages = pages.size();
     CHPageOffset& cph = this->c_page_offset_data;
     std::vector<CHPageOffsetEntry>& cphe = cph.entries;
@@ -2032,7 +2029,7 @@ QPDF::writeHPageOffset(BitWriter&amp; w)
     w.writeBits(t.nbits_shared_numerator, 16);		    // 12
     w.writeBits(t.shared_denominator, 16);		    // 13
-    unsigned int nitems = (unsigned int)getAllPages().size();
+    unsigned int nitems = getAllPages().size();
     std::vector<HPageOffsetEntry>& entries = t.entries;
     write_vector_int(w, nitems, entries,
@@ -2123,12 +2120,12 @@ QPDF::generateHintStream(std::map&lt;int, QPDFXRefEntry&gt; const&amp; xref,
     BitWriter w(&c);
     writeHPageOffset(w);
-    S = (int)c.getCount();
+    S = c.getCount();
     writeHSharedObject(w);
     O = 0;
     if (this->outline_hints.nobjects > 0)
     {
-	O = (int)c.getCount();
+	O = c.getCount();
 	writeHGeneric(w, this->outline_hints);
     }
     c.finish();
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ QPDF::optimize(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data,
     pushInheritedAttributesToPage(allow_changes, false);
     // Traverse pages
-    int n = (int)this->all_pages.size();
+    int n = this->all_pages.size();
     for (int pageno = 0; pageno < n; ++pageno)
     {
         updateObjectMaps(ObjUser(ObjUser::ou_page, pageno),
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ QPDF::flattenPagesTree()
     QPDFObjectHandle pages = getRoot().getKey("/Pages");
-    int const len = (int)this->all_pages.size();
+    int const len = this->all_pages.size();
     for (int pos = 0; pos < len; ++pos)
     {
         // populate pageobj_to_pages_pos and fix parent pointer
@@ -175,25 +175,26 @@ QPDF::insertPage(QPDFObjectHandle newpage, int pos)
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF insert page",
             (pos == 0) ? 0 :                      // insert at beginning
-            (pos == ((int)this->all_pages.size())) ? 1 : // insert at end
+            (pos == static_cast<int>(this->all_pages.size())) ? 1 : // at end
             2);                                   // insert in middle
     QPDFObjectHandle pages = getRoot().getKey("/Pages");
     QPDFObjectHandle kids = pages.getKey("/Kids");
-    assert ((pos >= 0) && (pos <= (int)this->all_pages.size()));
+    assert ((pos >= 0) &&
+            (static_cast<size_t>(pos) <= this->all_pages.size()));
     newpage.replaceKey("/Parent", pages);
     kids.insertItem(pos, newpage);
     int npages = kids.getArrayNItems();
     pages.replaceKey("/Count", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(npages));
     this->all_pages.insert(this->all_pages.begin() + pos, newpage);
-    assert((int)this->all_pages.size() == npages);
+    assert(this->all_pages.size() == static_cast<size_t>(npages));
     for (int i = pos + 1; i < npages; ++i)
     {
         insertPageobjToPage(this->all_pages[i], i, false);
     }
     insertPageobjToPage(newpage, pos, true);
-    assert((int)this->pageobj_to_pages_pos.size() == npages);
+    assert(this->pageobj_to_pages_pos.size() == static_cast<size_t>(npages));
 }
 void
@@ -201,9 +202,9 @@ QPDF::removePage(QPDFObjectHandle page)
 {
     int pos = findPage(page); // also ensures flat /Pages
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF remove page",
-            (pos == 0) ? 0 :                          // remove at beginning
-            (pos == ((int)this->all_pages.size() - 1)) ? 1 : // remove at end
-            2);                                       // remove in middle
+            (pos == 0) ? 0 :                            // remove at beginning
+            (pos == static_cast<int>(this->all_pages.size() - 1)) ? 1 : // end
+            2);                                         // remove in middle
     QPDFObjectHandle pages = getRoot().getKey("/Pages");
     QPDFObjectHandle kids = pages.getKey("/Kids");
@@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ QPDF::removePage(QPDFObjectHandle page)
     int npages = kids.getArrayNItems();
     pages.replaceKey("/Count", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(npages));
     this->all_pages.erase(this->all_pages.begin() + pos);
-    assert((int)this->all_pages.size() == npages);
+    assert(this->all_pages.size() == static_cast<size_t>(npages));
     this->pageobj_to_pages_pos.erase(
         ObjGen(page.getObjectID(), page.getGeneration()));
-    assert((int)this->pageobj_to_pages_pos.size() == npages);
+    assert(this->pageobj_to_pages_pos.size() == static_cast<size_t>(npages));
     for (int i = pos; i < npages; ++i)
     {
         insertPageobjToPage(this->all_pages[i], i, false);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ QUtil::int_to_string(long long num, int fullpad)
     char t[50];
     // -2 or -1 to leave space for the possible negative sign and for NUL...
-    if (abs(fullpad) > (int)sizeof(t) - ((num < 0)?2:1))
+    if (abs(fullpad) > sizeof(t) - ((num < 0)?2:1))
     {
 	throw std::logic_error("Util::int_to_string has been called with "
 			       "a padding value greater than its internal "
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ QUtil::double_to_string(double num, int decimal_places)
     // 99 digits.
     char t[100];
-    std::string lhs = int_to_string((int)num);
+    std::string lhs = int_to_string(static_cast<int>(num));
     // lhs.length() gives us the length of the part on the right hand
     // side of the dot + 1 for the dot + decimal_places: total size of
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ QUtil::double_to_string(double num, int decimal_places)
     // If decimal_places <= 0, it is as if no precision was provided
     // so trust the buffer is big enough.  The following test will
     // always pass in those cases.
-    if (decimal_places + 1 + (int)lhs.length() > (int)sizeof(t) - 1)
+    if (decimal_places + 1 + static_cast<int>(lhs.length()) >
+        static_cast<int>(sizeof(t)) - 1)
     {
 	throw std::logic_error("Util::double_to_string has been called with "
 			       "a number and a decimal places specification "
@@ -96,6 +97,18 @@ QUtil::string_to_ll(char const* str)
 #endif
 }
+unsigned char*
+QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(std::string const& str)
+{
+    return reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(const_cast<char*>(str.c_str()));
+}
+
+unsigned char*
+QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(char const* str)
+{
+    return reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(const_cast<char*>(str));
+}
+
 void
 QUtil::throw_system_error(std::string const& description)
 {
@@ -126,14 +139,14 @@ int
 QUtil::seek(FILE* stream, qpdf_offset_t offset, int whence)
 {
 #if HAVE_FSEEKO
-    return fseeko(stream, (off_t)offset, whence);
+    return fseeko(stream, static_cast<off_t>(offset), whence);
 #elif HAVE_FSEEKO64
     return fseeko64(stream, offset, whence);
 #else
 # ifdef _MSC_VER
     return _fseeki64(stream, offset, whence);
 # else
-    return fseek(stream, (long)offset, whence);
+    return fseek(stream, static_cast<long>(offset), whence);
 # endif
 #endif
 }
@@ -142,14 +155,14 @@ qpdf_offset_t
 QUtil::tell(FILE* stream)
 {
 #if HAVE_FSEEKO
-    return (qpdf_offset_t)ftello(stream);
+    return static_cast<qpdf_offset_t>(ftello(stream));
 #elif HAVE_FSEEKO64
-    return (qpdf_offset_t)ftello64(stream);
+    return static_cast<qpdf_offset_t>(ftello64(stream));
 #else
 # ifdef _MSC_VER
     return _ftelli64(stream);
 # else
-    return (qpdf_offset_t)ftell(stream);
+    return static_cast<qpdf_offset_t>(ftell(stream));
 # endif
 #endif
 }
@@ -174,7 +187,7 @@ QUtil::hex_encode(std::string const&amp; input)
     buf[hex_size - 1] = '\0';
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < input_size; ++i)
     {
-        sprintf(buf + i * 2, "%02x", (unsigned char)input[i]);
+        sprintf(buf + i * 2, "%02x", static_cast<unsigned char>(input[i]));
     }
     return buf;
 }
@@ -199,7 +212,7 @@ void
 QUtil::setLineBuf(FILE* f)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
-    setvbuf(f, (char *) NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
+    setvbuf(f, reinterpret_cast<char *>(NULL), _IOLBF, 0);
 #endif
 }
@@ -314,7 +327,7 @@ QUtil::toUTF8(unsigned long uval)
     }
     else if (uval < 128)
     {
-	result += (char)(uval);
+	result += static_cast<char>(uval);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -329,7 +342,7 @@ QUtil::toUTF8(unsigned long uval)
 	{
 	    // Assign low six bits plus 10000000 to lowest unused
 	    // byte position, then shift
-	    *cur_byte = (unsigned char) (0x80 + (uval & 0x3f));
+	    *cur_byte = static_cast<unsigned char>(0x80 + (uval & 0x3f));
 	    uval >>= 6;
 	    // Maximum that will fit in high byte now shrinks by one bit
 	    maxval >>= 1;
@@ -342,9 +355,10 @@ QUtil::toUTF8(unsigned long uval)
 	}
 	// If maxval is k bits long, the high (7 - k) bits of the
 	// resulting byte must be high.
-	*cur_byte = (unsigned char)((0xff - (1 + (maxval << 1))) + uval);
+	*cur_byte = static_cast<unsigned char>(
+            (0xff - (1 + (maxval << 1))) + uval);
-	result += (char*)cur_byte;
+	result += reinterpret_cast<char*>(cur_byte);
     }
     return result;
@@ -358,8 +372,8 @@ QUtil::random()
     {
 	// Seed the random number generator with something simple, but
 	// just to be interesting, don't use the unmodified current
-	// time....
-        QUtil::srandom((int)QUtil::get_current_time() ^ 0xcccc);
+	// time.  It would be better if this were a more secure seed.
+        QUtil::srandom(QUtil::get_current_time() ^ 0xcccc);
 	seeded_random = true;
     }
@@ -385,6 +399,6 @@ QUtil::initializeWithRandomBytes(unsigned char* data, size_t len)
 {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
     {
-        data[i] = (unsigned char)((QUtil::random() & 0xff0) >> 4);
+        data[i] = static_cast<unsigned char>((QUtil::random() & 0xff0) >> 4);
     }
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RC4::RC4(unsigned char const* key_data, int key_len)
 {
     if (key_len == -1)
     {
-	key_len = (int)strlen((char*)key_data);
+	key_len = strlen(reinterpret_cast<char const*>(key_data));
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
@@ -693,15 +693,17 @@ static const u32 rcon[] =
   /* for 128-bit blocks, Rijndael never uses more than 10 rcon values */
 };
-#define GETU32(plaintext) (((u32)(plaintext)[0] << 24) ^ \
-                    ((u32)(plaintext)[1] << 16) ^ \
-                    ((u32)(plaintext)[2] <<  8) ^ \
-                    ((u32)(plaintext)[3]))
+#define GETU32(plaintext) \
+              ((static_cast<u32>((plaintext)[0]) << 24) ^ \
+               (static_cast<u32>((plaintext)[1]) << 16) ^ \
+               (static_cast<u32>((plaintext)[2]) <<  8) ^ \
+               (static_cast<u32>((plaintext)[3])))
-#define PUTU32(ciphertext, st) { (ciphertext)[0] = (u8)((st) >> 24); \
-                         (ciphertext)[1] = (u8)((st) >> 16); \
-                         (ciphertext)[2] = (u8)((st) >>  8); \
-                         (ciphertext)[3] = (u8)(st); }
+#define PUTU32(ciphertext, st) { \
+                    (ciphertext)[0] = static_cast<u8>((st) >> 24); \
+                    (ciphertext)[1] = static_cast<u8>((st) >> 16); \
+                    (ciphertext)[2] = static_cast<u8>((st) >>  8); \
+                    (ciphertext)[3] = static_cast<u8>(st); }
 /**
  * Expand the cipher key into the encryption key schedule.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         usage();
     }
-    unsigned int hexkeylen = (unsigned int)strlen(hexkey);
+    unsigned int hexkeylen = strlen(hexkey);
     unsigned int keylen = hexkeylen / 2;
     FILE* infile = fopen(infilename, "rb");
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	t[2] = '\0';
 	long val = strtol(t, 0, 16);
-	key[i/2] = (unsigned char) val;
+	key[i/2] = static_cast<unsigned char>(val);
     }
     Pl_StdioFile* out = new Pl_StdioFile("stdout", outfile);
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ test_write_bits(unsigned char&amp; ch, unsigned int&amp; bit_offset, unsigned long val,
 		int bits, Pl_Buffer* bp)
 {
     write_bits(ch, bit_offset, val, bits, bp);
-    printf("ch = %02x, bit_offset = %d\n", (unsigned int) ch, bit_offset);
+    printf("ch = %02x, bit_offset = %d\n",
+           static_cast<unsigned int>(ch), bit_offset);
 }
 static void
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ print_buffer(Pl_Buffer* bp)
     size_t l = b->getSize();
     for (unsigned long i = 0; i < l; ++i)
     {
-	printf("%02x%s", (unsigned int)(p[i]),
+	printf("%02x%s", static_cast<unsigned int>(p[i]),
 	       (i == l - 1) ? "\n" : " ");
     }
     printf("\n");
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Buffer.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Count.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Discard.hh>
+#include <qpdf/QUtil.hh>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <iostream>
-typedef unsigned char* uc;
+static unsigned char* uc(char const* s)
+{
+    return QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(s);
+}
 int main()
 {
@@ -14,20 +18,20 @@ int main()
 	Pl_Discard discard;
 	Pl_Count count("count", &discard);
 	Pl_Buffer bp1("bp1", &count);
-	bp1.write((uc)"12345", 5);
-	bp1.write((uc)"67890", 5);
+	bp1.write(uc("12345"), 5);
+	bp1.write(uc("67890"), 5);
 	bp1.finish();
 	std::cout << "count: " << count.getCount() << std::endl;
-	bp1.write((uc)"abcde", 5);
-	bp1.write((uc)"fghij", 6);
+	bp1.write(uc("abcde"), 5);
+	bp1.write(uc("fghij"), 6);
 	bp1.finish();
 	std::cout << "count: " << count.getCount() << std::endl;
 	Buffer* b = bp1.getBuffer();
 	std::cout << "size: " << b->getSize() << std::endl;
 	std::cout << "data: " << b->getBuffer() << std::endl;
 	delete b;
-	bp1.write((uc)"qwert", 5);
-	bp1.write((uc)"yuiop", 6);
+	bp1.write(uc("qwert"), 5);
+	bp1.write(uc("yuiop"), 6);
 	bp1.finish();
 	std::cout << "count: " << count.getCount() << std::endl;
 	b = bp1.getBuffer();
@@ -36,8 +40,8 @@ int main()
 	delete b;
 	Pl_Buffer bp2("bp2");
-	bp2.write((uc)"moo", 3);
-	bp2.write((uc)"quack", 6);
+	bp2.write(uc("moo"), 3);
+	bp2.write(uc("quack"), 6);
 	try
 	{
 	    delete bp2.getBuffer();
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Concatenate.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Flate.hh>
 #include <qpdf/Pl_Buffer.hh>
+#include <qpdf/QUtil.hh>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <assert.h>
 static void pipeStringAndFinish(Pipeline* p, std::string const& str)
 {
-    p->write((unsigned char*)str.c_str(), str.length());
+    p->write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(str), str.length());
     p->finish();
 }
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     inflate.write(b1_buf->getBuffer(), b1_buf->getSize());
     inflate.finish();
     PointerHolder<Buffer> b2_buf = b2.getBuffer();
-    std::string result((char const*)b2_buf->getBuffer(), b2_buf->getSize());
+    std::string result(reinterpret_cast<char*>(b2_buf->getBuffer()),
+                       b2_buf->getSize());
     if (result == "-one--two-")
     {
         std::cout << "concatenate test passed" << std::endl;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void print_utf8(unsigned long val)
 	     iter != result.end(); ++iter)
 	{
 	    char t[3];
-	    sprintf(t, "%02x", (unsigned char) (*iter));
+	    sprintf(t, "%02x", static_cast<unsigned char>(*iter));
 	    std::cout << " " << t;
 	}
     }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     char* hexkey = argv[1];
     char* infilename = argv[2];
     char* outfilename = argv[3];
-    unsigned int hexkeylen = (unsigned int)strlen(hexkey);
+    unsigned int hexkeylen = strlen(hexkey);
     unsigned int keylen = hexkeylen / 2;
     unsigned char* key = new unsigned char[keylen + 1];
     key[keylen] = '\0';
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	t[2] = '\0';
 	long val = strtol(t, 0, 16);
-	key[i/2] = (unsigned char) val;
+	key[i/2] = static_cast<unsigned char>(val);
     }
     FILE* outfile = fopen(outfilename, "wb");
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static void test(Pl_SHA2&amp; sha2, char const* description, int bits,
                  char const* input, std::string const& output)
 {
     sha2.resetBits(bits);
-    sha2.write((unsigned char*) input, strlen(input));
+    sha2.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(input), strlen(input));
     sha2.finish();
     std::cout << description << ": ";
     if (output == sha2.getHexDigest())
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ QPDFPageData::QPDFPageData(QPDF* qpdf, char const* range) :
     qpdf(qpdf),
     orig_pages(qpdf->getAllPages())
 {
-    this->selected_pages = parse_numrange(range, (int)this->orig_pages.size());
+    this->selected_pages = parse_numrange(range, this->orig_pages.size());
 }
 static void parse_version(std::string const& full_version_string,
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		// Be lax about -arg vs --arg
 		++arg;
 	    }
-	    char* parameter = (char*)strchr(arg, '=');
+	    char* parameter = const_cast<char*>(strchr(arg, '='));
 	    if (parameter)
 	    {
 		*parameter++ = 0;
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ static std::string getPageContents(QPDFObjectHandle page)
 {
     PointerHolder<Buffer> b1 =
         page.getKey("/Contents").getStreamData();
-    return std::string((char *)(b1->getBuffer()), b1->getSize()) + "\0";
+    return std::string(
+        reinterpret_cast<char *>(b1->getBuffer()), b1->getSize()) + "\0";
 }
 static void checkPageContents(QPDFObjectHandle page,
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
 	FILE* f = QUtil::fopen_wrapper(std::string("open ") + filename1,
 				       fopen(filename1, "rb"));
 	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
-	size_t size = (size_t) QUtil::tell(f);
+	size_t size = QUtil::tell(f);
 	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	file_buf = PointerHolder<char>(true, new char[size]);
 	char* buf_p = file_buf.getPointer();
@@ -495,7 +496,8 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
 	unsigned char const* data = buf->getBuffer();
 	bool cleartext = false;
 	if ((buf->getSize() > 9) &&
-	    (strncmp((char const*)data, "<?xpacket", 9) == 0))
+	    (strncmp(reinterpret_cast<char const*>(data),
+                     "<?xpacket", 9) == 0))
 	{
 	    cleartext = true;
 	}
@@ -532,7 +534,8 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
 	}
 	Pl_Buffer p1("buffer");
 	Pl_Flate p2("compress", &p1, Pl_Flate::a_deflate);
-	p2.write((unsigned char*)"new data for stream\n", 20); // no null!
+	p2.write(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer("new data for stream\n"),
+                 20); // no null!
 	p2.finish();
 	PointerHolder<Buffer> b = p1.getBuffer();
 	// This is a bogus way to use StreamDataProvider, but it does
@@ -569,7 +572,7 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
         // Explicitly exercise the Buffer version of newStream
 	PointerHolder<Buffer> buf = new Buffer(20);
 	unsigned char* bp = buf->getBuffer();
-	memcpy(bp, (char*)"data for new stream\n", 20); // no null!
+	memcpy(bp, "data for new stream\n", 20); // no null!
 	QPDFObjectHandle qstream = QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(
             &pdf, buf);
 	QPDFObjectHandle rstream = QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(&pdf);
@@ -824,7 +827,7 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
         page.replaceKey("/Parent", pages);
         pages.replaceKey(
             "/Count",
-            QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(1 + (int)all_pages.size()));
+            QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(1 + all_pages.size()));
         kids.appendItem(page);
         assert(all_pages.size() == 10);
         pdf.updateAllPagesCache();
@@ -1220,7 +1223,7 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
         {
             std::string const& filename = (*iter).first;
             std::string data = std::string(
-                (char const*)(*iter).second->getBuffer(),
+                reinterpret_cast<char const*>((*iter).second->getBuffer()),
                 (*iter).second->getSize());
             bool is_binary = false;
             for (size_t i = 0; i < data.size(); ++i)
@@ -1234,7 +1237,9 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
             if (is_binary)
             {
                 std::string t;
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min(data.size(), (size_t)20); ++i)
+                for (size_t i = 0;
+                     i < std::min(data.size(), static_cast<size_t>(20));
+                     ++i)
                 {
                     if ((data[i] >= 32) && (data[i] <= 126))
                     {
@@ -1276,7 +1281,8 @@ void runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
                 stream.pipeStreamData(&p2, false, false, false);
                 PointerHolder<Buffer> buf = p1.getBuffer();
                 std::string data = std::string(
-                    (char const*)buf->getBuffer(), buf->getSize());
+                    reinterpret_cast<char const*>(buf->getBuffer()),
+                    buf->getSize());
                 std::cout << stream.getDict().unparse()
                           << filename << ":\n" << data << "--END--\n";
             }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ ImageProvider::provideStreamData(int objid, int generation,
     for (int y = 0; y < nstripes; ++y)
     {
         unsigned char color = get_pixel_color(n, y);
-        memset(buf, (int) color, width * stripesize);
+        memset(buf, color, width * stripesize);
         pipeline->write(buf, width * stripesize);
     }
     pipeline->finish();
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ static void check_page_contents(int pageno, QPDFObjectHandle page)
     PointerHolder<Buffer> buf =
         page.getKey("/Contents").getStreamData();
     std::string actual_contents =
-        std::string((char *)(buf->getBuffer()), buf->getSize());
+        std::string(reinterpret_cast<char *>(buf->getBuffer()),
+                    buf->getSize());
     std::string expected_contents = generate_page_contents(pageno);
     if (expected_contents != actual_contents)
     {
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ static void check_pdf(char const* filename)
     QPDF pdf;
     pdf.processFile(filename);
     std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& pages = pdf.getAllPages();
-    assert(pages.size() == (size_t)npages);
+    assert(pages.size() == static_cast<size_t>(npages));
     for (int i = 0; i < npages; ++i)
     {
         int pageno = i + 1;