Timeline for answer to Why there is no compilation or run-time error in the below code? by Parnab Sanyal
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| Sep 3, 2016 at 21:09 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | You explained how to make the compiler complain. That's certainly useful information, but the question was why the compiler doesn't complain in the first place. | |
| Sep 3, 2016 at 20:54 | comment | added | Parnab Sanyal |
He said that The compiler compiles the below code without any error or warning. That is why I mentioned those flags. And Yes you are correct. I should have asked him whether he uses gcc or any other compiler. @KeithThompson
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| Sep 3, 2016 at 20:38 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | Those flags are specific to gcc (and compilers that support its options). And this doesn't really answer the question. A conforming C compiler is not required to issue any diagnostic for the code in the question. | |
| Sep 3, 2016 at 19:46 | history | answered | Parnab Sanyal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |