From 5d5e7263f64289e4e778ea500baff14390fe37b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle J Strand <kstrand@rigetti.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 13:11:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use char type alias

---
 lib/src/lib.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index 71b8016..d353088 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ pub(crate) fn handle_libquil_error(errno: libquil_error_t) -> Result<(), String>
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn get_string_from_pointer_and_free(ptr: *mut i8) -> Result<String, Utf8Error> {
+pub(crate) fn get_string_from_pointer_and_free(ptr: *mut std::os::raw::c_char) -> Result<String, Utf8Error> {
     unsafe {
         let s = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str()?.to_string();
         libc::free(ptr as *mut _);