Re: Keil c51 interprets &Array as Array. Is that normal?

Tim Wescott wrote:

Yes it is a pointer to an array of 10 chars. No it is not a pointer to char. There _is_ a difference, but the compiler is well aware of it and will seamlessly cast from pointer-to-array-of-N-char to pointer-to-char.


Absolutely not. A C compiler in a relaxed diagnostics mode might allow something like this, since C compilers by default are traditionally very forgiving when it comes to pointer casts. However, such a conversion is illegal from the language point of view. Any half-decent C compiler will normally issue at least a warning about broken assignment.

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