AdPlug / Bugs / #105 amd.cpp:58:26: warning: 'memset' call operates on objects of type 'struct Instrument' while the size is based on a different type 'struct Instrument *' [-Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess]

#105 amd.cpp:58:26: warning: 'memset' call operates on objects of type 'struct Instrument' while the size is based on a different type 'struct Instrument *' [-Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess]

Status: open

Owner: nobody

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Priority: 5

Updated: 2014-03-27

Created: 2014-03-27

Creator: dcb

Private: No

Source code is

memset(inst, 0, sizeof(inst));

Maybe better code might be

memset(inst, 0, sizeof(*inst));

I found this bug using clang.
The bug also exists in current CVS source.