g++ bug report

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jun  9, 2001, Oscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:

> G++ fails to compile this valid code:

>   MyClass **p;
>   *p = new (MyClass*)[10];

Why do you think this is valid?  *p is indeed a MyClass*, whereas `new
(MyClass*)[10]' will return a pointer to the first element of the
array of MyClass*s, i.e., a MyClass**.

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