-Wpointer-arith warnings overzealous in g++ 2.3.1

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From: lewis
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 07:22

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/*
 * I'm not sure the warning here is entirely justified (useful).
 *
 * The file is compiled with gcc 2.3.1 as follows:
 *      g++ -c -Wpointer-arith bug.c
 *
 * and the output is:
 *
 *      bug.c: In function `void  fred ()':
 *      bug.c:15: warning: ANSI C forbids taking the sizeof a void type
 */
void    fred ()
{
    void* p = new char [100];
    delete p;
}
Lewis Gordon Pringle, Jr.                                (lewis@sophists.com)

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