Compiler bug

[Ed Gould]

> I recently noticed that the following will not compile correctly on a
> 4.2 BSD system:
> 
> extern int usr1(), usr2(), usr3();
> 
> int	usrprocs[] = { usr1, usr2, usr3 }
> 
> whereas it compiles correctly on intel machines, cromix, and Aztec C.
> It seems to me that this is something the linker should be able to handle
> correctly, and therefore should not be a bug.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Would someone be good enough to check this out on a sysV machine?
> 
> Jon

It seems to me that the second declaration should be

	int	(*(usrprocs()))[] = { usr1, usr2, usr3 };
	/*      |          ||||
	 *      | |----------||
	 *      |-------------|
	 */

since usr[123] are, in this context, *pointers* to functions.
I couldnt get that to compile either, though.

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