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Re: [PATCH] Fix goto *expr for non-pointer expr (PR c++/38725)
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 06:03:16PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>
> > Attached are 2 alternative patches, both bootstrapped/regtested on
> > x86_64-linux. The first one rejects in both C and C++ FE goto *expr
> > if expr doesn't have void * type, the second one just changes the C++
> > FE to match C FE. Given that the rejection patch rejected 10 testcases
> > in our testsuite, I'd bet there are numerous programs in the wild that would
> > be bitten by the same, so I'm not sure if it is appropriate, at least
> > this late in the 4.4 cycle. So perhaps the second patch might be better,
> > at least for 4.4.
>
> How many of the rejected programs were using some pointer type other than
> void *?
20071210-1.c void **
950613-1.c long
pr29128.c long *
920826-1.c char
920831-1.c char
991213-3.c int (*)()
pr28489.c void (*)()
pr27863.c long
label1.C void **
label2.C void **
I'd say using void ** instead of void * is more wrong than using long.
Jakub