From 46698bf4c869a239cd4555c11bd6dfd57334d096 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joost Rijneveld <joost@joostrijneveld.nl>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:04:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent unnecessary type coercion

---
 crypto_sign/mqdss-48/clean/sign.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto_sign/mqdss-48/clean/sign.c b/crypto_sign/mqdss-48/clean/sign.c
index 33971fbb..38de45dc 100644
--- a/crypto_sign/mqdss-48/clean/sign.c
+++ b/crypto_sign/mqdss-48/clean/sign.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int PQCLEAN_MQDSS48_CLEAN_crypto_sign_signature(
     unsigned char c[HASH_BYTES * ROUNDS * 2];
     gf31 alpha;
     int alpha_count = 0;
-    unsigned char b;
+    int b;
     int i, j;
     uint64_t s_inc[26];
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int PQCLEAN_MQDSS48_CLEAN_crypto_sign_verify(
     int i, j;
     gf31 alpha;
     int alpha_count = 0;
-    unsigned char b;
+    int b;
     uint64_t s_inc[26];
 
     if (siglen != SIG_LEN) {