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From: peter@objy.objy.com (Peter Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Need help with "C" errors
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.164930@objy.objy.com>
Date: 3 Oct 90 23:49:30 GMT
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<< The original author was having trouble with a parameter that was declared
   void * >>

   I have found that under Ultrix 3.x, the C compiler does not properly handle
   void * parameters.  The code:

   foo(a)
   void *a;
   {
       *(int *) = 5;
   }

   will give error messages about `a' being undefined.  It looks like
   it recognizes void only sort of as a type.  It accepts the
   declaration, but doesn't actually define a variable.  There is an
   easy workaround, use char * instead of void *.

	Peter Moore
	peter@objy.com