Re: .99.2 release Irix problems with dvipng

ezra peisach <[email protected]> writes:

> There are several issues with the use using a void * in arithmetic.
> Essentially - the code assumes that a (void * ) + 1 is the same as a
> (char *) + 1. I am not sure that is totally legal as when adding to
> a pointer - when moves by the size of what one is pointing to.

It is illegal, but a GNU extension.  Any compiler but gcc will barf on
it.

In short, it is a good idea to try compiling something with
gcc -ansi
if you want to be somewhat more sure that it will also work with
non-gcc compilers.

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