[Bug c/22086] void * dereferenced in sizeof() yields 1

pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Jun 15 23:50:00 GMT 2005


------- 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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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
          Component|preprocessor                |c
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22086



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