Function cast leads to gcc abort command?

Question

in the following code func.c :

 int Myfunc1(int i, int z)
 {
 return i;
 }

 int main()
 {
 int ans;

 /* casting the function into an 'int (int)' function */
 ans = ((int(*)(int))(Myfunc1))(5);

 printf("ans: %dnn", ans);

 return 0;
 }

I tried to cast an int(int,int) function into an int(int) function an got the gcc warning and note:

 func.c:13:32: warning: function called through a non-compatible type [enabled by default]
 func.c:13:32: note: if this code is reached, the program will abort

and when trying to run I get:

 Illegal instruction (core dumped)

But if i compile this file with a .cpp ending with the gcc compiler it works OK.

Answer 1

1) When the file has a .cpp extension the C++ compiler is used, which has different diagnostics.
2) Your program has undefined behaviour in both cases, so any behaviour is allowed, including (but not limited to) aborting or executing without error.