diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md index 5c16fdd87..dc0632712 100644 --- a/bugs.md +++ b/bugs.md @@ -101,6 +101,28 @@ things that are misinterpreted as bugs. See his ### ... more to be added later ... +## Mis-features that should not be fixed + +The following entries should not be touched either as although it might seem +wrong they are not. + +### [1986/holloway](1986/holloway/holloway.c) ([README.md](1986/holloway/README.md)) + +When compiling this entry you might get an incompatible pointer type warning but +this should be ignored. When [Cody Boone +Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) fixed this he experimented with the +alternatives and it did not work. Thus if you see something like: + +```c +[holloway.c:15:11: warning: incompatible pointer types initializing 'char *' with an expression of type 'char **'; dereference with * [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] + char *t = s; + ^ ~ + * + +``` + +it is NOT a problem and should not be changed. + ## Entries that require a compiler that support `-traditional-cpp` The following entries need a compiler that support `-traditional-cpp`. `gcc`