>>>
>>> char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
>>>
>>> main ()
>>> {
>>>        void (*f)() = x;
>>>        f();
>>> }
>>>

We have compiled and run this on Borland C++ V5.0 on a Compaq Prolinear 590
 running Win95a and it traps the error correctly