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Authors: Ron Guilmette, WG14
Date: 1993-12-03
Submitted against: C90
Status: Fixed
Fixed in: C90 TC1
Cross-references: 0001
Converted from: dr.htm, dr_100.html
ANSI/ISO C Defect report #rfg7:
Subclause 6.6.6.4 The return statement says:
If the expression has a type different from that of the function in which it appears, it is converted as if it were assigned to an object of that type.
This is nonsensical. The type of the containing function is a function type, and that's different from an object type. I believe that should be changed to read:
If the expression has a type different from that of the return type of the function in which it appears, it is converted as if it were assigned to an object having the same type as the return type of the containing function.
Comment from WG14 on 1997-09-23:
This error was corrected in response to Defect Report #001.