@@ -72,18 +72,18 @@
 	@throw [OFNotImplementedException newWithClass: isa
 					      selector: _cmd];
 }
 
 - (size_t)_readNBytes: (size_t)length
-	   intoBuffer: (char*)buffer
+	   intoBuffer: (void*)buffer
 {
 	@throw [OFNotImplementedException newWithClass: isa
 					      selector: _cmd];
 }
 
 - (size_t)_writeNBytes: (size_t)length
-	    fromBuffer: (const char*)buffer
+	    fromBuffer: (const void*)buffer
 {
 	@throw [OFNotImplementedException newWithClass: isa
 					      selector: _cmd];
 }
 
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
 
 	return [self _isAtEndOfStream];
 }
 
 - (size_t)readNBytes: (size_t)length
-	  intoBuffer: (char*)buffer
+	  intoBuffer: (void*)buffer
 {
 	if (cache == NULL)
 		return [self _readNBytes: length
 			      intoBuffer: buffer];
 
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@
 		return length;
 	}
 }
 
 - (void)readExactlyNBytes: (size_t)length
-	       intoBuffer: (char*)buffer
+	       intoBuffer: (void*)buffer
 {
 	size_t readLength = 0;
 
 	while (readLength < length)
 		readLength += [self readNBytes: length - readLength
-				    intoBuffer: buffer + readLength];
+				    intoBuffer: (char*)buffer + readLength];
 }
 
 - (uint8_t)readInt8
 {
 	uint8_t ret;
@@ -624,11 +624,11 @@
 	writeBuffer = NULL;
 	writeBufferLength = 0;
 }
 
 - (size_t)writeNBytes: (size_t)length
-	   fromBuffer: (const char*)buffer
+	   fromBuffer: (const void*)buffer
 {
 	if (!buffersWrites)
 		return [self _writeNBytes: length
 			       fromBuffer: buffer];
 	else {