On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, David Malcolm wrote: > This is the most trivial example of a real fix-it example I could think > of: if the user writes > ptr.field > rather than ptr->field. > > gcc/c/ChangeLog: > * c-typeck.c (build_component_ref): Special-case POINTER_TYPE when > generating a "not a structure of union" error message, and > suggest a "->" rather than a ".", providing a fix-it hint.
I wonder if this should be restricted to the case where the pointer's target is of structure or union type. At least, if it's some other type, more of a fix is needed than just using -> (e.g. converting from void * to a pointer to the relevant type). -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
