Re: Lets put it another way

From	"Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Lets put it another way
Date	2011-05-25 13:56 -0700
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On May 25, 4:42 pm, Joshua Maurice <joshuamaur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 25, 12:32 pm, "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 25, 5:59 am, "Paul" <pchris...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > If there is no such thing as an array type object then what is the object
> > > that is implicitly converted to a pointer, and stores a memory address?
>
> > That's the *name* of the array that implicitly converts to a pointer.
> > The name is a compile-time concept, though, and does not quite
> > correspond to what the Standard calls an "object".
>
> No. There is an array object, and it is implicitly converted to a
> pointer to the first element. Consider:
>
>   int x[3];
>   int (*y)[3] = x;
>   int* z = *y;
>
> y is not the identifier of the array object. y is a pointer which
> points to the array object. Derefencing y gives an expression of array
> type, specifically "int[3]". Then a standard conversion sequence is
> applied using the array-to-pointer conversion in the assignment to z.

I didn't think that would work until I tried it (including the "... =
&x;" fix you posted); I stand corrected.

Thank you.

--Joel

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Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 02:14 +0100
  Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 13:33 +1200
    Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 18:39 -0700
      Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 10:42 +0100
        Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 03:00 -0700
          Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 03:03 -0700
            Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 14:54 +0100
              Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 13:46 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 21:49 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 23:56 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 16:51 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 10:59 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 03:51 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 12:49 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 12:32 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 13:42 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 13:48 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 21:55 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 13:59 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 22:08 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 14:29 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 22:56 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 15:10 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 23:53 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 15:02 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 23:37 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 16:03 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 00:19 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 00:29 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 16:30 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 00:58 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 17:10 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 01:26 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 17:54 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 10:42 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 03:06 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 11:25 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 03:33 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 12:56 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Vidar Hasfjord <vattilah-groups@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 16:09 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 00:20 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 13:56 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 22:18 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 12:45 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 13:47 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 22:03 +0100
          Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 14:32 +0100
            Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 14:16 -0700
              Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 00:00 +0100
    Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 10:20 +0100
      Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 22:27 +1200
        Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 13:58 +0100
          Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-25 07:36 +1200
            Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-24 21:11 +0100
              Re: Lets put it another way Oliver Jackson <chexmofo@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-24 16:04 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 11:27 +0100
              Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-25 12:03 +1200
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 11:13 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-26 09:19 +1200
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 22:39 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 14:45 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 23:01 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 22:48 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-26 09:57 +1200
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 23:09 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-26 10:17 +1200
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 23:56 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-26 13:04 +1200
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 10:47 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 15:17 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 00:03 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 16:14 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 00:32 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 16:39 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 01:18 +0100
                Re: Lets put it another way Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 17:52 -0700
                Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 10:53 +0100
  Re: Lets put it another way Vidar Hasfjord <vattilah-groups@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 15:31 -0700
    Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 23:58 +0100
      Re: Lets put it another way Vidar Hasfjord <vattilah-groups@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-25 16:54 -0700
        Re: Lets put it another way "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-26 01:00 +0100

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