--- blosc/bitshuffle-altivec.c.orig	2024-08-12 12:46:55 UTC
+++ blosc/bitshuffle-altivec.c
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-static void helper_print(__vector uint8_t v, char* txt){
+static void helper_print(__vector unsigned char v, char* txt){
   printf("%s %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x\n",txt,
   v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3], v[4], v[5], v[6], v[7], v[8], v[9], v[10], v[11], v[12], v[13], v[14], v[15]);
 }
 #endif
 
 
-static inline __vector uint8_t gen_save_mask(size_t offset){
-  __vector uint8_t mask;
+static inline __vector unsigned char gen_save_mask(size_t offset){
+  __vector unsigned char mask;
   size_t k;
   for (k = 0; k < 16; k++)
     mask[k] = (k<offset)?0:0xFF;
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ static inline __vector uint8_t gen_save_mask(size_t of
 
 
 // Build and return a bit-permutation mask
-static __vector uint8_t make_bitperm_mask(int type_size, int bit) {
-  __vector uint8_t result;
+static __vector unsigned char make_bitperm_mask(int type_size, int bit) {
+  __vector unsigned char result;
   if (type_size == 1) {
     // data_type is 8 bits long
     for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
@@ -93,29 +93,29 @@ bitunshuffle1_altivec(void* _src, void* dest, const si
   size_t nbyte_row = size / 8;
 
   // working vectors
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[8], xmm1[8], masks[8];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[8], xmm1[8], masks[8];
   // Vector masks
-  static const __vector uint8_t lo01 = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char lo01 = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x04, 0x05, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0c, 0x0d,
     0x10, 0x11, 0x14, 0x15, 0x18, 0x19, 0x1c, 0x1d};
-  static const __vector uint8_t hi01 = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char hi01 = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x02, 0x03, 0x06, 0x07, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0e, 0x0f,
     0x12, 0x13, 0x16, 0x17, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1e, 0x1f};
-  static const __vector uint8_t lo02 = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char lo02 = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x08, 0x09, 0x10, 0x11, 0x18, 0x19,
     0x02, 0x03, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x12, 0x13, 0x1a, 0x1b};
-  static const __vector uint8_t hi02 = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char hi02 = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x04, 0x05, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x14, 0x15, 0x1c, 0x1d,
     0x06, 0x07, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x16, 0x17, 0x1e, 0x1f};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi64_low = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi64_low = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
     0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi64_hi = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi64_hi = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
     0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f};
 
   for (kk = 0; kk < 8; kk++){
-    __vector uint8_t msk;
+    __vector unsigned char msk;
     for (ii = 0; ii < 8; ii++){
       msk[ii] = 127-(16*ii+2*kk);
       msk[ii+8] = 127-(16*ii+2*kk+1);
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ bitunshuffle1_altivec(void* _src, void* dest, const si
 
       // At this stage each vector xmm1 contains the data from 16 adjacent bytes
       for (int ll = 0; ll < 8; ll++){
-        __vector uint8_t xmm = xmm1[ll];
+        __vector unsigned char xmm = xmm1[ll];
         //helper_print(xmm, "vector transposed");
         for (kk = 0; kk < 8; kk++) {
-           __vector uint16_t tmp;
-           tmp = (__vector uint16_t) vec_bperm(xmm, masks[kk]);
+           __vector unsigned short tmp;
+           tmp = (__vector unsigned short) vec_bperm(xmm, masks[kk]);
            //printf("%d %d\n", vp, tmp[4]);
-           //helper_print((__vector uint8_t)tmp, "tmp");
+           //helper_print((__vector unsigned char)tmp, "tmp");
            out_s[vp++] = tmp[4];
         }
       }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_16(const void* in, void*
 /* Transpose bytes within elements for 16 bit elements. */
 int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_16(const void* in, void* out, const size_t size) {
   static const uint8_t bytesoftype = 2;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[2];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[2];
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i + 15 < size; i += 16) {
     for (int j = 0; j < bytesoftype; j++)
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_32(const void* in, void*
 /* Transpose bytes within elements for 32 bit elements. */
 int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_32(const void* in, void* out, const size_t size) {
   static const uint8_t bytesoftype = 4;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[4];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[4];
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i + 15 < size; i += 16) {
     for (int j = 0; j < bytesoftype; j++)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_64(const void* in, void*
 /* Transpose bytes within elements for 64 bit elements. */
 int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_64(const void* in, void* out, const size_t size) {
   static const uint8_t bytesoftype = 8;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[8];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[8];
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i + 15 < size; i += 16) {
     for (int j = 0; j < bytesoftype; j++)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_128(const void* in, void
 /* Transpose bytes within elements for 128 bit elements. */
 int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_128(const void* in, void* out, const size_t size) {
   static const uint8_t bytesoftype = 16;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[16];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[16];
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i + 15 < size; i += 16) {
     for (int j = 0; j < bytesoftype; j++)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_elem_altivec(const void* in, 
 
     if ((elem_size % 16) == 0) {
       nchunk_elem = elem_size / 16;
-      TRANS_ELEM_TYPE(in, out, size, nchunk_elem, __vector uint8_t);
+      TRANS_ELEM_TYPE(in, out, size, nchunk_elem, __vector unsigned char);
       count = bshuf_trans_byte_elem_128(out, tmp_buf,
                                         size * nchunk_elem);
       bshuf_trans_elem(tmp_buf, out, 16, nchunk_elem, size);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_bit_byte_altivec(const void* in, v
   uint8_t* out_b = (uint8_t*)out;
   int64_t count;
   size_t nbyte = elem_size * size;
-  __vector uint8_t data, masks[8];
+  __vector unsigned char data, masks[8];
   size_t ii, kk;
 
   CHECK_MULT_EIGHT(nbyte);
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_bit_byte_altivec(const void* in, v
   for (ii = 0; ii + 15 < nbyte; ii += 16) {
     data = vec_xl(ii, in_b);
     for (kk = 0; kk < 8; kk++) {
-      __vector uint16_t tmp;
+      __vector unsigned short tmp;
       uint16_t* oui16;
-      tmp = (__vector uint16_t) vec_bperm(data, masks[kk]);
+      tmp = (__vector unsigned short) vec_bperm(data, masks[kk]);
       oui16 = (uint16_t*)&out_b[(ii + kk*nbyte) >> 3];
       *oui16 = tmp[4];
     }
@@ -387,28 +387,28 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_bitrow_altivec(const void* in
  * the bytes. */
 int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_bitrow_altivec(const void* in, void* out, const size_t size,
                                         const size_t elem_size) {
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi8_low = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi8_low = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x10, 0x01, 0x11, 0x02, 0x12, 0x03, 0x13,
     0x04, 0x14, 0x05, 0x15, 0x06, 0x16, 0x07, 0x17};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi8_hi = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi8_hi = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x08, 0x18, 0x09, 0x19, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0b, 0x1b,
     0x0c, 0x1c, 0x0d, 0x1d, 0x0e, 0x1e, 0x0f, 0x1f};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi16_low = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi16_low = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x10, 0x11, 0x02, 0x03, 0x12, 0x13,
     0x04, 0x05, 0x14, 0x15, 0x06, 0x07, 0x16, 0x17};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi16_hi = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi16_hi = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x08, 0x09, 0x18, 0x19, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x1a, 0x1b,
     0x0c, 0x0d, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x1e, 0x1f};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi32_low = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi32_low = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13,
     0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi32_hi = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi32_hi = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b,
     0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi64_low = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi64_low = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
     0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17};
-  static const __vector uint8_t epi64_hi = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+  static const __vector unsigned char epi64_hi = (const __vector unsigned char) {
     0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
     0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f};
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_trans_byte_bitrow_altivec(const void* in
   uint8_t* out_b = (uint8_t*)out;
   size_t nrows = 8 * elem_size;
   size_t nbyte_row = size / 8;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[16], xmm1[16];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[16], xmm1[16];
 
   CHECK_MULT_EIGHT(size);
 
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ int64_t bshuf_shuffle_bit_eightelem_altivec(const void
   const uint8_t* in_b = (const uint8_t*)in;
   uint8_t* out_b = (uint8_t*)out;
   size_t nbyte = elem_size * size;
-  __vector uint8_t masks[8], data;
+  __vector unsigned char masks[8], data;
 
   CHECK_MULT_EIGHT(size);
 
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ int64_t bshuf_shuffle_bit_eightelem_altivec(const void
       for (size_t jj = 0; jj + 15 < 8 * elem_size; jj += 16) {
         data = vec_xl(ii + jj, in_b);
         for (size_t kk = 0; kk < 8; kk++) {
-          __vector uint16_t tmp;
+          __vector unsigned short tmp;
           uint16_t* oui16;
-          tmp = (__vector uint16_t) vec_bperm(data, masks[kk]);
+          tmp = (__vector unsigned short) vec_bperm(data, masks[kk]);
           oui16 = (uint16_t*)&out_b[ii + (jj>>3) + kk * elem_size];
           *oui16 = tmp[4];
         }
--- blosc/shuffle-altivec.c.orig	2024-08-12 12:43:11 UTC
+++ blosc/shuffle-altivec.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ shuffle2_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t* c
                  const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements){
   static const int32_t bytesoftype = 2;
   uint32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[2];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[2];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16){
     /* Fetch 16 elements (32 bytes) */
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ shuffle4_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t* c
                  const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements){
   static const int32_t bytesoftype = 4;
   int32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[4];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[4];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16)
   {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ shuffle8_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t* c
                  const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements) {
   static const uint8_t bytesoftype = 8;
   int32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[8];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[8];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16)
   {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ shuffle16_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t* 
                   const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements) {
   static const int32_t bytesoftype = 16;
   int32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[16];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[16];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16)
   {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ shuffle16_tiled_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uin
                         const int32_t bytesoftype) {
   int32_t j, k;
   const int32_t vecs_per_el_rem = bytesoftype & 0xF;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm[16];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm[16];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16) {
     /* Advance the offset into the type by the vector size (in bytes), unless this is
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ unshuffle2_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t*
                    const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements) {
   static const int32_t bytesoftype = 2;
   uint32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[2], xmm1[2];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[2], xmm1[2];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16) {
     /* Load 16 elements (32 bytes) into 2 vectors registers. */
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ unshuffle4_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t*
                    const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements) {
   static const int32_t bytesoftype = 4;
   uint32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[4], xmm1[4];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[4], xmm1[4];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16) {
     /* Load 16 elements (64 bytes) into 4 vectors registers. */
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ unshuffle4_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t*
     /* Shuffle 2-byte words */
     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
       /* Compute the low 32 bytes */
-      xmm0[i] = (__vector uint8_t) vec_vmrghh((__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2],
-                                              (__vector uint16_t) xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
+      xmm0[i] = (__vector unsigned char) vec_vmrghh((__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2],
+                                              (__vector unsigned short) xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
       /* Compute the hi 32 bytes */
-      xmm0[i+2] = (__vector uint8_t) vec_vmrglh((__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2],
-                                                (__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
+      xmm0[i+2] = (__vector unsigned char) vec_vmrglh((__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2],
+                                                (__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
     }
     /* Store the result vectors in proper order */
     vec_xst(xmm0[0], bytesoftype * j, dest);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ unshuffle8_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t*
                    const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements) {
   static const uint8_t bytesoftype = 8;
   uint32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[8], xmm1[8];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[8], xmm1[8];
 
   // Initialize permutations for writing
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16) {
@@ -227,17 +227,17 @@ unshuffle8_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t*
     }
     /* Shuffle 2-byte words */
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-      xmm0[i] = (__vector uint8_t)vec_vmrghh((__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2],
-                                             (__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
-      xmm0[4 + i] = (__vector uint8_t)vec_vmrglh((__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2],
-                                                 (__vector uint16_t)xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
+      xmm0[i] = (__vector unsigned char)vec_vmrghh((__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2],
+                                             (__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
+      xmm0[4 + i] = (__vector unsigned char)vec_vmrglh((__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2],
+                                                 (__vector unsigned short)xmm1[i * 2 + 1]);
     }
     /* Shuffle 4-byte dwords */
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-      xmm1[i] = (__vector uint8_t)vec_vmrghw((__vector uint32_t)xmm0[i * 2],
-                                             (__vector uint32_t)xmm0[i * 2 + 1]);
-      xmm1[4 + i] = (__vector uint8_t)vec_vmrglw((__vector uint32_t)xmm0[i * 2],
-                                                 (__vector uint32_t)xmm0[i * 2 + 1]);
+      xmm1[i] = (__vector unsigned char)vec_vmrghw((__vector unsigned int)xmm0[i * 2],
+                                             (__vector unsigned int)xmm0[i * 2 + 1]);
+      xmm1[4 + i] = (__vector unsigned char)vec_vmrglw((__vector unsigned int)xmm0[i * 2],
+                                                 (__vector unsigned int)xmm0[i * 2 + 1]);
     }
     /* Store the result vectors in proper order */
     vec_xst(xmm1[0], bytesoftype * j, dest);
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ unshuffle16_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const uint8_t
                     const int32_t vectorizable_elements, const int32_t total_elements) {
   static const int32_t bytesoftype = 16;
   uint32_t i, j;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm0[16];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm0[16];
 
   for (j = 0; j < vectorizable_elements; j += 16) {
     /* Load 16 elements (64 bytes) into 4 vectors registers. */
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ unshuffle16_tiled_altivec(uint8_t* const dest, const u
                           const int32_t bytesoftype) {
   int32_t i, j, offset_into_type;
   const int32_t vecs_per_el_rem = bytesoftype &  0xF;
-  __vector uint8_t xmm[16];
+  __vector unsigned char xmm[16];
 
 
   /* Advance the offset into the type by the vector size (in bytes), unless this is
--- blosc/transpose-altivec.h.orig	2024-08-12 12:42:34 UTC
+++ blosc/transpose-altivec.h
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-static const __vector uint8_t even = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+static const __vector unsigned char even = (const __vector unsigned char) {
   0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x06, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x0c, 0x0e,
   0x10, 0x12, 0x14, 0x16, 0x18, 0x1a, 0x1c, 0x1e};
 
-static const __vector uint8_t odd = (const __vector uint8_t) {
+static const __vector unsigned char odd = (const __vector unsigned char) {
   0x01, 0x03, 0x05, 0x07, 0x09, 0x0b, 0x0d, 0x0f,
   0x11, 0x13, 0x15, 0x17, 0x19, 0x1b, 0x1d, 0x1f};
 
 
 /* Transpose inplace 2 vectors of 16 bytes in src into dst. */
-static void transpose2x16(__vector uint8_t *xmm0) {
-  __vector uint8_t xmm1[2];
+static void transpose2x16(__vector unsigned char *xmm0) {
+  __vector unsigned char xmm1[2];
   xmm1[0] = vec_perm(xmm0[0], xmm0[1], even);
   xmm1[1] = vec_perm(xmm0[0], xmm0[1], odd);
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ static void transpose2x16(__vector uint8_t *xmm0) {
 
 /* Transpose inplace 4 vectors of 16 bytes in src into dst.
  * Total cost: 8 calls to vec_perm. */
-static void transpose4x16(__vector uint8_t *xmm0) {
-  __vector uint8_t xmm1[4];
+static void transpose4x16(__vector unsigned char *xmm0) {
+  __vector unsigned char xmm1[4];
 
   /* Transpose vectors 0-1*/
   xmm1[0] = vec_perm(xmm0[0], xmm0[1], even);
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ static void transpose4x16(__vector uint8_t *xmm0) {
 
 /* Transpose inplace 8 vectors of 16 bytes in src into dst.
  * Total cost: 24 calls to vec_perm. */
-static void transpose8x16(__vector uint8_t *xmm0) {
-  __vector uint8_t xmm1[8];
+static void transpose8x16(__vector unsigned char *xmm0) {
+  __vector unsigned char xmm1[8];
 
   /* Transpose vectors 0-1*/
   for (int i = 0; i < 8; i += 2){
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ static void transpose8x16(__vector uint8_t *xmm0) {
 
 /* Transpose inplace 16 vectors of 16 bytes in src into dst.
  * Total cost: 64 calls to vec_perm. */
-static void transpose16x16(__vector uint8_t * xmm0){
-  __vector uint8_t xmm1[16];
+static void transpose16x16(__vector unsigned char * xmm0){
+  __vector unsigned char xmm1[16];
   /* Transpose vectors 0-1*/
   for (int i = 0; i < 16; i += 2){
     xmm1[i] = vec_perm(xmm0[i], xmm0[i+1], even);