trouble with structs..

[cs32]

Given the code:

typedef struct {
  int item;
  struct node *next;
} node;

int
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

  node *n = malloc(sizeof(node));

  n->item = 5;
  n->next = n;

  return 0;

}

(yes, I'm aware that in this configuration, the node will be pointing to itself).

Why does gcc (OSX 10.5) report the following error:
josephus.c: In function 'main':
josephus.c:15: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type

Thanks!

[tabstop]

Did you ever define a struct node? You have an anonymous struct that you have typedef'ed as a node. Perhaps try

typedef struct Node {
    int item;
    struct Node *next;
} node;