toke.c: Save a '&' instr by casting to U8

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index 18e342efd5..e6f7a3a42f 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -9283,7 +9283,7 @@ Perl_yylex(pTHX)
                     if (PL_lex_brackets > 100)
                         Renew(PL_lex_brackstack, PL_lex_brackets + 10, char);
                     PL_lex_brackstack[PL_lex_brackets++] =
-                        (char) ((next_type >> 16) & 0xff);
+                        (char) ((U8) (next_type >> 16));
                 }
                 if (next_type & (2<<24))
                     PL_lex_allbrackets++;