void * not handled in AIX C compiler ?

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From: Johann Schweigl
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 11:27

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AIX C allows the use of void functions, and the (void *) typecast.
Declaring a variable as void * does not work. The effect is the same
as if the variable had never been defined. Example:

main() {
	void *foo;
	int bar;

	foo = &bar;
}

results in:

"foo.c", line 6: foo undefined
"foo.c", line 6: warning: illegal combination of pointer and integer, op =

which is not quite correct.
Especially I see no sense behind supporting void * in a typecast but not
in a declaration. 
Am I wrong?
Any comments? 
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Subject: void * not handled in AIX C compiler ?
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Date: 23 Sep 89 11:27:18 GMT
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