Use int instead of char for return type, in theory avoiding a cast

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 45cf7a7ad..45574e81d 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1096,9 +1096,9 @@ static void add_cmd_block(char *cmdstr)
 
 extern int sed_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+        int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
         int opt;
-        char getpat=1;
-        char status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        uint8_t getpat = 1;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
         /* destroy command strings on exit */