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

Tim Wescott wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:06:16 +0200, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
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.

Erm, no. Not really.

Pointers to incompatible types are themselves incompatible with each
other, so there's no implicit conversion (what you call "seamlessly
casting").

You're disagreeing with yourself, sir.

I'm reasonably sure I'm not. But feel free to expand on your brief judgement.
.

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