Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"?

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Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> writes:
> On 7/26/2022 12:57 AM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
>> In another forum I was discussing string literals and char arrays.
>> During the conversation this question occurred to me:
>> In an array initialization like this:
>>      char str[] = "hello";
>> can that "hello" even be considered a "string literal", or should it
>> be classified as something else?
>
> Yes, it is a string literal. I.e. formally it is an independent object
> with static storage duration, independent and separate from `str` in 
> your example.

It is a string literal, i.e., it is a source code token starting and
ending with a '"' character.  The corresponding object with static
storage duration is not a string literal.  It doesn't exist until
execution time.

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Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 07:57 +0000
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-07-26 08:03 +0000
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-26 01:51 -0700
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 10:07 +0000
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-26 05:10 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-26 06:18 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 16:03 +0000
          Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 18:18 +0200
            Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-27 07:40 +0000
              Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-27 01:17 -0700
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-07-26 11:11 +0200
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 02:30 -0700
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 10:19 +0000
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 12:03 -0700
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 01:56 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 11:02 -0700
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 11:36 +0200
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 10:22 +0000
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 16:50 +0200
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 12:13 -0700
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-07-26 17:56 -0700
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 19:24 -0700
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-07-27 13:05 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 15:38 -0700

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