c - Can the size of pointers vary between data and function pointers?

Question

I was just reading the section of the C FAQ on pointers.

It discusses not being able to use void * pointers to hold function pointers because pointers to data and pointers to functions may have differing sizes on some platforms and void * is only guaranteed be large enough to hold pointers to data.

Can anyone give an example of a platform where pointers to data and pointers to functions actually have differing sizes?

Answer 1

> type ppp.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int global = 0;

int main(void) {
    int local = 0;
    static int staticint = 0;
    int *mall;
    int (*fx)(void);

    fx = main;
    mall = malloc(42); /* assume it worked */
    printf("#sizeof pointer to local: %d
", (int)sizeof &local);
    printf("#sizeof pointer to static: %d
", (int)sizeof &staticint);
    printf("#sizeof pointer to malloc'd: %d
", (int)sizeof mall);
    printf("#sizeof pointer to global: %d
", (int)sizeof &global);
    printf("#sizeof pointer to main(): %d
", (int)sizeof fx);
    free(mall);
    return 0;
}
> tcc -mc ppp.c
Turbo C  Version 2.01 ...
warnings about unused variables elided ...
Turbo Link  Version 2.0 ...
> ppp
#sizeof pointer to local: 4
#sizeof pointer to static: 4
#sizeof pointer to malloc'd: 4
#sizeof pointer to global: 4
#sizeof pointer to main(): 2
> tcc -mm ppp.c
> ppp
#sizeof pointer to local: 2
#sizeof pointer to static: 2
#sizeof pointer to malloc'd: 2
#sizeof pointer to global: 2
#sizeof pointer to main(): 4

tcc -mc generates code in the "compact" model; tcc -mm generates code in the "medium" model