Function pointer casts in ANSI C

[Evan Marshall Manning]

thorinn at skinfaxe.diku.dk (Lars Henrik Mathiesen) writes:
>My question is: Can a conforming compiler generate a warning for casts
>(and arguments) that will ``go wrong'' but not for those that work?

gwyn at smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>A conforming implementation must produce at least one diagnostic for each
>translation unit that violates a syntax rule or constraint.  Diagnostics
>may be produced under other circumstances, but are not required.

My favorite lint (from Gimpel) would call those that work "non-portable",
and issue a more serious warning/error message for those that not will
work.

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