Use a type-safe helper to cast &str and &[u8] to *const c_char

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs

@@ -392,3 +392,21 @@ pub(crate) fn get_dllimport<'tcx>(
     tcx.native_library(id)
         .and_then(|lib| lib.dll_imports.iter().find(|di| di.name.as_str() == name))
 }
+
+/// Extension trait for explicit casts to `*const c_char`.
+pub(crate) trait AsCCharPtr {
+    /// Equivalent to `self.as_ptr().cast()`, but only casts to `*const c_char`.
+    fn as_c_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char;
+}
+
+impl AsCCharPtr for str {
+    fn as_c_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
+        self.as_ptr().cast()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsCCharPtr for [u8] {
+    fn as_c_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
+        self.as_ptr().cast()
+    }
+}