Hi,
i am trying to compile Curl with cparser[0], but it breaks, because of
some invalid C code. The problem is in typecheck-gcc.h:

  #define _curl_is_any_ptr(expr) (sizeof(expr) == sizeof(void*))

Sometimes expr is a function type. E.g. this line from the git source:

  curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite);

The gcc behavior deviates from the ANSI C Standard.

* ANSI: The sizeof operator shall not be applied to an expression that
has function type
* GCC: returns 1

A return value of 1 is arbitrary and should not be relied on. The
_curl_is_any_ptr macro is broken in multiple ways. For example, it
also evaluates to true, if expr is int, on most architectures. So i
think the macro does not work as intended.

A counter-argument would be that is ok that typecheck-gcc.h relies on
implementation-specific gcc behavior, but non-portable code should be
avoided.

cheers

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