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fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) writes:

>jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Jarausch) writes:

>>Please be patient if this is a FAQ, I haven't found it there.
>>/* ----------------------------------------------------
>>   this code compiles without problems on  AT&T cfront based compilers
>>*/
>>int main()
>>{ double  (*q)[5];
>>// assignment between incompatible pointer types why?
>>  q= new double[3][5];
>>  return 0;
>>}
>>
>>Since I am teaching C++ I would be glad if anybody could tell
>>me what's wrong with it.

>This is a g++ bug.
More precisely speaking, g++ mixes up the array dimensions. I suppose it
looks for a declarator, followed by [dimension];
In this case, this creates a 5-element array with elements being
3-element arrays, instead of the other way round.
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