Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!draves From: draves@harvard.ARPA (Richard Draves) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: typedef'ing void Message-ID: <454@harvard.ARPA> Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:55:30 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.454 Posted: Sun Mar 10 06:55:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 20:30:36 EST Distribution: net Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 14 I just discovered that our C compiler (4.2 cc) does not allow void to be typedef'ed; furthermore, it gives an error message that I haven't otherwise seen. This suggests that this is its intended behaviour, and not another void bug. Is there any reason to disallow new names for void? Is this a bug or a feature? Rich -- "a picture in the head is a gory murder in an art gallery" -- Stephen Kosslyn