Re: Is char*[] convertible to const char*[]?

kevin.hall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > There is a faq on this.
>
> Do you mind pointing me to it? The only FAQ item I've ever seen is
> about converting non-arrays -- something like char* to const char*.

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q11.10.html

What you're probably missing is that...

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

....is identical to...

int main(int argc, char **argv)

C cannot pass whole arrays, instead it passes pointers to the
first element. Hence, function parameters declared as arrays
are silently treated as pointers.

--
Peter

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