Some type conversions like casting a pointer/non-pointer to a pointer of same type,
casting to the original type using addressof(&) operator, etc. are not needed.
Therefore, remove them. Done using coccinelle:
@@
type t;
t *p;
t a;
@@
(
- (t)(a)
+ a
|
- (t *)(p)
+ p
|
- (t *)(&a)
+ &a
)