Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site medstar.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!medstar!robin From: robin@medstar.UUCP (Robin Cutshaw) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Xenix panic (easy to do) Comment and an alternate method. Message-ID: <185@medstar.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 11:36:15 EDT Article-I.D.: medstar.185 Posted: Fri Jul 19 11:36:15 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jul-85 21:15:07 EDT References: <181@medstar.UUCP> <1535@dalcs.UUCP> Organization: Medical Systems Technology and Research, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Lines: 14 Xref: linus net.unix-wizards:11113 net.micro.pc:4345 > Although the crash is tragic, I would guess that removing the > cast to (void) would cause the code to work correctly. Microsoft > documents this behaviour in some obscure place (does the same on both > XT and AT versions of the compiler) in the Xenix manuals. A similar > piece of code crashes my XT, and causes the AT to segment fault. (void) makes no difference... -robin -- ---- Robin Cutshaw uucp: ...!{akgua,gatech}!medstar!robin