@@ -602,26 +602,27 @@
 
 	return isAtEndOfStream;
 }
 
 - (size_t)_readNBytes: (size_t)length
-	   intoBuffer: (char*)buffer
+	   intoBuffer: (void*)buffer
 {
 	size_t ret;
 
 	if (fileDescriptor == -1 || isAtEndOfStream)
 		@throw [OFReadFailedException newWithClass: isa
 						    stream: self
 					   requestedLength: length];
+
 	if ((ret = read(fileDescriptor, buffer, length)) == 0)
 		isAtEndOfStream = YES;
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 - (size_t)_writeNBytes: (size_t)length
-	    fromBuffer: (const char*)buffer
+	    fromBuffer: (const void*)buffer
 {
 	size_t ret;
 
 	if (fileDescriptor == -1 || isAtEndOfStream ||
 	    (ret = write(fileDescriptor, buffer, length)) < length)