some follow-up patches

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Zack" == Zack Weinberg <zack@wolery.cumb.org> writes:

    Zack> - use static inline wrappers for unsigned/plain char
    Zack> conversion (suggested by Jason Merrill) - turn off
    Zack> __extension__ if GCC_VERSION < 2.95; that's too
    Zack> conservative, but will definitely get people bootstrapping
    Zack> with 2.7 again.  - paper over a bug causing

Please let us know where you bootstrapped and tested these changes.

Thanks,

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