PCC, lint bug

Barry Shein root at bu-cs.UUCP
Thu Sep 5 10:24:15 AEST 1985


>> 	int x[STUFF][THING] ;	/* the name 'x' is a pointer to an int */

>WRONG WRONG WRONG

>The name "x" is a pointer to an array of THING "int"s, not a pointer to an
>"int".
>	Guy Harris

RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT

My explanation was flawed, we agree on the PCC/LINT bug which misses
clearly illegal and useless type clashes. Sigh.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University



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