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giving a ()(const void ) to a ()(void )

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From: Dominique Marcadet
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 15:51

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The following code compiles fine without any warning with the latest g++,
but gcc emits a warning and other C compilers say it's an error.

Is it really wrong according to the C standard ?

extern void f (void (*) (void *));

extern void g (const void *);

void h ()
{
        f (&g);
}

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From: Dominique.Marcadet@supelec.fr (Dominique Marcadet)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: giving a (*)(const void *) to a (*)(void *)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 17:51:16 +0200
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