Wed 2004-04-21 09:49, Bruce Partridge (1:261/38.1) wrote to All:

 BP> Is this ANSI 89 or 99 neither or both?

 BP> float *p;
 BP> float y;

 BP> p = &y;
 BP> (*p)--;

 BP> I am moving code from one compiler to another, and I'm not sure if
 BP> this is a compiler limitation, a bug, or maybe and old
 BP> specification (89).

Looks fine to me.  Are you having problems?  Which compilers?

$cat > blah.c
float *p;
float y;

void f(void)
{
    p = &y;
    (*p)--;
}

$doscmd tcc -c blah.c
Turbo C  Version 2.01  Copyright (c) 1987, 1988 Borland International
blah.c:

        Available memory 458918

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