g++ bug report

[Alexandre Oliva]

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

> On 09 Jun 2001 15:34:02 -0300, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
> wrote:

>> 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?

> Quoting James Kanze in comp.lang.c++.moderated thread "{delete p; p =
> NULL; }" on 1 June 2001 09:15:28 -0400

[snip]

>> The expression is the equivalent of
>> 
>> *p = *((new MyClass*) + 10)

I see.  Will you please file a bug report with Gnats, if you haven't
done so yet.  This helps make sure the bug report will not get lost.

Thanks in advance,

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