--- libxsd/xsd/cxx/tree/ace-cdr-stream-extraction.hxx.orig	2007-01-19 11:25:31.000000000 -0500
+++ libxsd/xsd/cxx/tree/ace-cdr-stream-extraction.hxx	2007-01-19 11:26:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@
         if (!s.impl ().read_octet (r))
           throw ace_cdr_stream_extraction ();
 
-        // Cannot use static_cast here because of a potential sign loss.
-        //
-        x.x_ = reinterpret_cast<X> (r);
+        x.x_ = static_cast<X> (r);
 
         return s;
       }
@@ -99,9 +97,7 @@
         if (!s.impl ().read_octet (r))
           throw ace_cdr_stream_extraction ();
 
-        // Cannot use static_cast here because of a potential sign loss.
-        //
-        x.x_ = reinterpret_cast<X> (r);
+        x.x_ = static_cast<X> (r);
 
         return s;
       }
--- libxsd/xsd/cxx/tree/ace-cdr-stream-insertion.hxx.orig	2007-01-19 11:20:45.000000000 -0500
+++ libxsd/xsd/cxx/tree/ace-cdr-stream-insertion.hxx	2007-01-19 11:21:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@
       operator<< (ostream<ACE_OutputCDR>& s,
                   ostream<ACE_OutputCDR>::as_int8<X> x)
       {
-        // Cannot use static_cast here because of a potential sign loss.
-        //
-        ACE_CDR::Octet r (reinterpret_cast<ACE_CDR::Octet> (x.x_));
+        ACE_CDR::Octet r (static_cast<ACE_CDR::Octet> (x.x_));
 
         if (!s.impl ().write_octet (r))
           throw ace_cdr_stream_insertion ();
@@ -82,9 +80,7 @@
       operator<< (ostream<ACE_OutputCDR>& s,
                   ostream<ACE_OutputCDR>::as_uint8<X> x)
       {
-        // Cannot use static_cast here because of a potential sign loss.
-        //
-        ACE_CDR::Octet r (reinterpret_cast<ACE_CDR::Octet> (x.x_));
+        ACE_CDR::Octet r (static_cast<ACE_CDR::Octet> (x.x_));
 
         if (!s.impl ().write_octet (r))
           throw ace_cdr_stream_insertion ();