> That is the problem "char *" (caddr_t) is not a generic pointer.

Actually, it is; by special fiat, void * and char * are required to
have the same size and representation.

Admittedly, it shouldn't be used as such from an abstractly
type-correct point of view, but if we're that concerned about being
abstractly type-correct, there are a whole lot of other, more (IMO)
important, things we should fix first, like assuming that all null
pointers are the same size, or that they're all-0-bits.

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