bug with void pointer subtraction.

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1 total messages Started by Paul Hudson Tue, 18 Apr 1989 08:32

#762

Author: Paul Hudson
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1989 08:32

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The line 

print (void*)1 - (void*)0

causes gdb3.1 (sun3,os4) to give an arithmetic exception.  Presumably
it's trying to divide the difference by the size of the thing pointed
to, which is zero (although gcc thinks it's one, sometimes ;-).

Paul Hudson 

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