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Subject: Re: posible bug in GCC syntax checker?
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:35:34 GMT
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Tim Nicholson wrote:
> 
> I think I have found a bug in the GCC syntax checker! When I compile the
> following code, I get the message...
> 
> Warning: Passing arg 1 of draw_item from incompatible pointer type
> [...]
> void draw_item(const int point_array[ ][2]);
> [...]
> int main(void)
> {
> int item[5][2];
> [...]
>    draw_item(item);

    This confusing issue happens to be the topic of a current thread
over in comp.lang.c; see Kaz Kylheku's contribution for the best (but
still bewildering, to me at least) explanation to date.

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Eric Sosman
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