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From: ksbszabo@wateng.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: pcc compiler error
Message-ID: <1997@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 03:10:24 EST
Article-I.D.: wateng.1997
Posted: Mon Feb 11 03:10:24 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Feb-85 05:34:13 EST
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Reply-To: ksbszabo@wateng.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Organization: VLSI Group, U of Waterloo
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Xref: watmath net.lang.c:4387 net.bugs.4bsd:1385
Summary: pcc error also affects LINT.

>	struct xy  {
>	 	int x;
>	 	int y;
>	 } a;
>	 main()
>	 {
>		struct xy *p;
>		p = &a;
>	 	if (*p) {
>			/* compiler error: zzzcode- bad type */
>		}
>	}
>This is not legitimate code (and the compiler should point this out).

Our BSD 4.2 compiler generates the same error when I just compile it.
As Marty Shannon says, the code is incorrect. The thing that mystifies
me is that LINT didn't even peep when I sent the code to it. Thus
whatever is wrong with CC is also confusing lint, but in a way that
causes LINT to incorrectly shut up.

					Kevin
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Kevin Szabo  watmath!wateng!ksbszabo (U of Waterloo VLSI Group, Waterloo Ont.)