c++/4657: comparing function pointer with int does not produce error

[andyc@bluearc.com]

>Number:         4657
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       comparing function pointer with int does not produce error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 25 16:26:03 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andy Chittenden
>Release:        3.0.2 20011014 (Debian prerelease) (Debian testing/unstable)
>Organization:
BlueArc UK Ltd
>Environment:
System: Linux andy-boco 2.4.12 #6 Mon Oct 15 11:55:58 BST 2001 i686 unknown
Architecture: i686

	
host: i386-pc-linux-gnu
build: i386-pc-linux-gnu
target: i386-pc-linux-gnu
configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f77,proto,objc --prefix=/usr --infodir=/share/info --mandir=/share/man --enable-shared --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-system-zlib --enable-long-long --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --disable-checking --enable-threads=posix --enable-java-gc=boehm --with-cpp-install-dir=bin --enable-objc-gc i386-linux
>Description:
	The following code does not produce an error when one is expected.
void stat ();

static const int success = 0;

void monk ()
{
  if (stat == success);
};

>How-To-Repeat:
        Compile above program.
	
>Fix:
	


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