CPP12 — Another issue with String_var

Why is it that String_var contains the following?

operator char *();

The mapping never passes strings as a char *. The only parameter
passing signatures are const char * for in params, char * & for inout params,
and String_out for out params.

It seems that this operator is redundant?

The only reason I can think of for it having been added are sloppy signatures
(such as old implementations of strcpy or some such, which sometimes used
char * instead of const char *). However, wouldn't it be better to remove
operator char *() from String_var and force a cast for such broken function
signatures?

Remove operator char*() from class String_var.