Re: Does *&s1 refer to the first member of structure variable s1

Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes. A pointer to a struct can be converted to a
pointer to the struct's first element (if it is possible
to make such a pointer at all), and vice versa.

Can you cite C&V on this? I know it's there somewhere, but my first
guess (6.7.2.1) proved to be wrong.

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