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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - clang++ fails to allocate a "float (*)[height]" to "float (*)[height]" object"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37828">37828</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>clang++ fails to allocate a "float (*)[height]" to "float (*)[height]" object
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>-New Bugs
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>CS15BTECH11029@iith.ac.in
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        <tr>
          <th>CC</th>
          <td>llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>Clang++ (version 7.0.0 (trunk 334413)) fails to compile the following code


#include <stdlib.h>
void allocateArray(int height) {
        float (* Ix)[height];
        Ix = (float(*) [height]) malloc(sizeof(float)* (height));
}

Error:
clangBugCheck.cpp:4:7: error: assigning to 'float (*)[height]' from
incompatible type 'float (*)[height]'
 Ix = (float(*) [height]) malloc(sizeof(float)* (height));
      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.


Command used to compile code: clang++ filename.cpp -c


GCC and ICC are able to compile the code.</pre>
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