From: Moore, Robert
> Sent: 26 July 2019 20:36
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> This is because pointer arithmetic
> on a pointer not pointing to an array is an undefined behavior (C11 6.5.6, constraint 8).
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The standards committee as smoking dope again :-)
If that is enforced as a compiler warning/error a lot of code 'breaks'.
Anything that does:
struct foo *foo = ...;
struct bar *bar = (void *)(foo + 1);
suddenly becomes 'invalid'.
David
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