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<h5 class="subsubsection">15.4.1.5 C and C<tt>++</tt> Type and Range Checks</h5>

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By default, when <span class="sc">gdb</span> parses C or C<tt>++</tt> expressions, strict type
checking is used.  However, if you turn type checking off, <span class="sc">gdb</span>
will allow certain non-standard conversions, such as promoting integer
constants to pointers.

   <p>Range checking, if turned on, is done on mathematical operations.  Array
indices are not checked, since they are often used to index a pointer
that is not itself an array.

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