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[Bug c/22086] void * dereferenced in sizeof() yields 1
- From: "jboone at logitel dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 16 Jun 2005 00:03:25 -0000
- Subject: [Bug c/22086] void * dereferenced in sizeof() yields 1
- References: <20050615234558.22086.jboone@logitel.com>
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
------- Additional Comments From jboone at logitel dot com 2005-06-16 00:03 -------
Subject: Re: void * dereferenced in sizeof() yields 1
My apologies. And thanks for the polite explanation. I'll wade through
the man pages and start using a more appropriate set of compile options.
Thanks,
- Jared
pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
>------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-06-15 23:50 -------
>This is a GCC extension. sizeof(void) is invalid C and should error out and does with -pedantic-errors
>
>The reason why it is 1 and not 0 is because it is also a GNU extension that you can increment a void
>pointer like a char pointer.
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