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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.bugs
Subject: expr?(void):(void)
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Date: Sun, 27-Jul-86 11:43:13 EDT
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Expires:

Quoted from <273@watmath.UUCP> ["Re: C Compiler bug (and fix for a different one)"], by rbutterworth@watmath.UUCP (Ray Butterworth)...
+---------------
| I'll trade for a fix for a problem with void functions and the ?: operator.
| 
| void f3(which)
| {
|     extern void f1(),f2();
|     which?f1():f2();
| }
| cc(1) gives an "incompatible types" error.
+---------------

That's not a bug, it's a feature.  Literally.

Before you start complaining, consider that the intent of functions returning
(void) is that of:

#define procedure void

procedure f1(x, y) {
...
}

++Brandon
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