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Re: Incorrect warning message?
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: linux-gcc at vger dot kernel dot org
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:05:44 +0100
- Subject: Re: Incorrect warning message?
- References: <20050116020836.A2421@natasha.ward.six>
Denis Zaitsev <zzz@anda.ru> writes:
> It's an example:
>
> void c(const char *s){}
> void cc(const char **p){}
> void x()
> {
> char *s;
> c(s);
> cc(&s);
> }
>
> And it's the warning GCC produces for it:
>
> bug.c: In function `x':
> bug.c:7: warning: passing arg 1 of `cc' from incompatible pointer type
>
> Is this message correct?
Read question 11.10 of the C faq.
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q11.10.html
Andreas.
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