Weird gcc behaviour with function pointer types

In my quest to eliminate C compiler warnings from
Pyrex output, I've discovered some utterly bizarre
behaviour from gcc 3.3.

The following code:

void g(struct foo *x) {
}

void f(void) {
void (*h)(struct foo *);
h = g;
}

produces the following warning:

blarg.c: In function `f':
blarg.c:6: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type

However, adding the following line at the top:

typedef struct foo Foo;

makes the warning go away. The mere *presence* of
the typedef is all that's needed -- it doesn't even
have to be used.

This looks like a bug in gcc to me -- what do people
think?

--
Greg
.

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