[CXX-1831] Support other binary types where uint8_t* is accepted Created: 08/Oct/19  Updated: 30/Jun/23

Status: Backlog
Project: C++ Driver
Component/s: API, BSON
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Kevin Albertson Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 0
Labels: internal-woes
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Epic Link: CXX usability improvements

 Description   

Binary using only uint8_t* makes it harder to work with in codebases that use a different type for binary data. It should make it easy to use any of char*, unsigned char*, uint8_t* (which is basically always one of the prior two), void*, and std::byte* (>=17)


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