Implicit pointer conversion isn't an error

[cD1rtX3]

Description

The following nosensical code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
	int i = 1;
	int *p = i;
	int **q = p;
	printf("%d, %p\n", *p, *q);
	return 0;
}

does not give an error in the IDE. GCC errors on this code even without warning flags:

Issue Details

Item	Value
Issue Category	Bug
Target	C/C++
VS Code Version	Code 1.127.0 (4fe60c8b1cdac1c4c174f2fb180d0d758272d713, 2026-06-30T10:52:33+02:00)
OS Version	Linux x64 6.8.0-134-generic
Extension Identifier	ms-vscode.cpptools
Extension Version	1.33.4
Extension Publisher	ms-vscode