I have used this:
cont uint8_t *x[] = { "a", "b" }
compiler don't generate warning but UV4.70 has warning flag on left side "initializing const uint8_t * with an expression of type char[] converts b/w pointer to inetegr of different sign"
How to avoid this.
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