KB133068 - BUG: Deleting a Struct Typedef Causes C1059, C1063, or C1001

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The sample code fragment listed at the end of this article incorrectly deletes a typedef of a pointer to a structure, which generates the following compiler errors:

For Visual C++ 4.2 for Windows NT:
fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'toil.c', line 4094)
For Visual C++ 4.1 for Windows NT:
fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'toil.c', line 4051)
For Visual C++ 4.0 for Windows NT:
fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'toil.c', line 3128)
For Visual C++ 2.x for Windows NT:
fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file 'toil.c', line 2847)
For Visual C++ 1.0 for Windows NT:
fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file '@(#)main.c:1.82', line 289)
For Visual C++ version 1.5x for Windows:
fatal error C1059: compiler is out of near heap space
For Visual C++ version 1.0 for Windows:
fatal error C1063
For C/C++ version 7.0:
fatal error C1001: INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR (compiler file '2pass/getattr.c', line 346) Contact Microsoft Product Support Services

/* Compile options needed: none */ typedef struct { int x; }MY_STRUCT, *LPMY_STRUCT; LPMY_STRUCT pMyStruct = new MY_STRUCT; void MyTestFunction() { delete pMyStruct; // ok. delete LPMY_STRUCT; // Can not delete a type. }

BUG: Deleting a Struct Typedef Causes C1059, C1063, or C1001

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