Q66648: Compiler Hangs If Array of Voids Is Initialized

Article: Q66648
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00   | 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist6.00 fixlist6.00a | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 1-NOV-1990

If the sample code below is compiled with the Microsoft C version 6.00
compiler, under any optimization or memory model, it will hang the
computer after generating a C2182 warning message.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with C version 6.00. This
problem has been corrected in the C 6.00a maintenance release.

The C2182 warning is defined as follows:

   'identifier' : has type void

    The given variable was declared with the void keyword. The void
    keyword can be used only in function declarations.

Sample Code
-----------

void buf[] = { 1, 2 };

void main (void)
{
   return;
}

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