C compiler incorrectly handles castes on lhs

[Henry Spencer]

>	The Vax 4.2 C compiler incorrectly generates a fatal error message
>	when castes to a pointer type appear on the lhs of an assignment.
>	The SUN C compiler and other c compilers I have tried correctly
>	handle this assignment.

I believe that modern definitions of C make it clear that this is not
legal C; the SUN C compiler (and others) are being sloppy.  The cast has
to go on the right-hand-side, casting the value to the type of the
variable rather than vice-versa.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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