Consider the following C program.void f(int, short); void main() { int i = 100; short s = 12; short *p = &s; __________ ; // call to f() }Which one of the following expressions, when placed in the blank above, will NOT result in a type checking error?

Let us analyze the function signature and variables:

• Function prototype: void f(int, short); which expects two arguments of type int (or promotable) and short, and returns void.

• Variable types: i is of type int, s is of type short, and p is of type short *.

Evaluating each option:

• **(A) f(s, *s)**: s is a variable of type short (not a pointer), so applying the indirection operator *s causes a compilation/type error (dereferencing a non-pointer).

• (B) i = f(i, s): Function f has a return type of void. Assigning the result of a void function to an int variable results in a type-checking error.

• **(C) f(i, *s)**: Dereferencing s via *s is invalid because s is not a pointer type.

• **(D) f(i, *p)**: i is an int, and *p dereferences the pointer short *p to yield a value of type short. This matches the parameter types (int, short) expected by f, and the void return value is simply ignored as a statement expression.

Therefore, option D is correct.