On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 06:43:55PM +0200, Andrea Monaco via Gcc wrote:
>
> This snippet that I wrote
>
>
> struct
> str
> {
> int val;
> };
>
>
> void
> main (int argc, char **argv)
> {
> struct str **p;
> int i;
>
> i = p->val;
> }
>
>
> is obviously incorrect. But gcc 8.3.0 says
>
> pointer.c: In function ‘main’:
> pointer.c:14:8: error: ‘*p’ is a pointer; did you mean to use ‘->’?
> i = p->val;
> ^~
> ->
>
> which seems a buggy error message to me: I wrote "p", not "*p"; also the
> compiler suggests replacing "->" with itself.
Yes, this is https://gcc.gnu.org/PR91134
Marek
