Codechange: Use std::byte for generic buffers.

src/blitter/8bpp_simple.cpp

@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ Sprite *Blitter_8bppSimple::Encode(SpriteType, const SpriteLoader::SpriteCollect
 	dest_sprite->y_offs = root_sprite.y_offs;
 
 	/* Copy over only the 'remap' channel, as that is what we care about in 8bpp */
+	uint8_t *dst = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(dest_sprite->data);
 	for (int i = 0; i < root_sprite.height * root_sprite.width; i++) {
-		dest_sprite->data[i] = root_sprite.data[i].m;
+		dst[i] = root_sprite.data[i].m;
 	}
 
 	return dest_sprite;

src/landscape.cpp

@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static void GenerateTerrain(int type, uint flag)
 
 	if (DiagDirToAxis(direction) == AXIS_Y) std::swap(w, h);
 
-	const uint8_t *p = templ->data;
+	const uint8_t *p = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(templ->data);
 
 	if ((flag & 4) != 0) {
 		/* This is only executed in secondary/tertiary loops to generate the terrain for arctic and tropic.

src/spritecache.cpp

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static void *ReadSprite(const SpriteCache *sc, SpriteID id, SpriteType sprite_ty
 		s->y_offs = root_sprite.y_offs;
 
 		SpriteLoader::CommonPixel *src = root_sprite.data;
-		uint8_t *dest = s->data;
+		uint8_t *dest = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(s->data);
 		while (num-- > 0) {
 			*dest++ = src->m;
 			src++;

src/spritecache.h

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct Sprite {
 	uint16_t width;  ///< Width of the sprite.
 	int16_t x_offs;  ///< Number of pixels to shift the sprite to the right.
 	int16_t y_offs;  ///< Number of pixels to shift the sprite downwards.
-	uint8_t data[];   ///< Sprite data.
+	std::byte data[]; ///< Sprite data.
 };
 
 enum SpriteCacheCtrlFlags : uint8_t {