This is probably pretty dodgy C code, but I
find it strange that program foo.c compiles
while program bar.c gives an error.  Is this
a bug?
 
----------- foo.c --------------
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
 
{
  int ii;
 
  ii = 276;
  void *vv = (void *)&ii;
}
----------- foo.c --------------

----------- bar.c --------------
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
 
{
  int ii;
  void *vv;
 
  ii = 276;
  *vv = (void *)&ii;
}
----------- bar.c --------------
 
% gcc -o foo foo.c
% gcc -o bar bar.c
bar.c: In function ESC)B?main?:
bar.c:10: warning: dereferencing ESC)B?void *? pointer
bar.c:10: error: invalid use of void expression
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For completeness on this report, this was on
 
% gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /usr/local/gcc-4.0.2/src/gcc-4.0.2/configure
--enable-languages=c --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-4.0.2/x86-Linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.0.2
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