[Issue 14596] Error: e2ir: cannot cast malloc(42u) of type void* to type char[]

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14596

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy at yahoo.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|diagnostic                  |ice
                 CC|                            |schveiguy at yahoo.com

--- Comment #2 from Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy at yahoo.com> ---
Actually, its the presence of the e2ir filename which clues you in that it is
an ICE. I've advocated for this to generate an actual ICE assert (see
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13810), but it seems this is not
something the devs wish to incorporate, or it's too difficult for the benefit.

Essentially, the error is happening in the wrong part of the compiler (if it's
supposed to be an error at all).

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