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Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array

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James Kuyper wrote:
> 
> On 09/15/2011 08:22 AM, Stanley Rice wrote:

> > So What you mean is that the compiler does most of things for us? I
> > have tried to compare the address of function, say
> >
> > void foo() { }
> >
> > assert((void *)foo == (void *)&foo);
> >
> > and it passes. Is it the reason as the issue of the array talk above ?
> 
> No, the rule for arrays doesn't apply here. However, as he said above,
> there is a similar rule for functions,
> and that is what makes this code work.



That code would be fine without the casts, 

    assert(foo == &foo);

but 
the result of a pointer to a function
being cast to a pointer to an incomplete type such as (void *), 
is undefined.

-- 
pete

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Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-14 06:12 -0700
  Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-09-14 14:41 +0100
    Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-09-14 14:15 -0700
    Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Peter Nilsson <airia@acay.com.au> - 2011-09-14 19:25 -0700
      Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-09-15 10:54 +0100
        Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-15 05:36 -0700
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2011-09-15 13:46 +0000
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-15 14:48 +0100
            Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-15 10:28 -0700
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-15 18:23 -0700
                Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-09-16 12:58 +0100
                Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-16 08:03 -0400
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-16 13:09 +0100
                Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-16 12:05 -0700
                Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-16 19:35 +0000
                Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Peter Nilsson <airia@acay.com.au> - 2011-09-19 15:45 -0700
                Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-19 17:47 -0700
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-15 10:21 -0400
    Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-15 05:22 -0700
      Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-15 10:23 -0400
        Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-09-15 15:26 -0400
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-15 18:14 -0700
            Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-16 02:09 -0700
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-16 08:39 -0400
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-09-16 18:08 -0400
            Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Bart van Ingen Schenau <bart@ingen.ddns.info> - 2011-09-16 16:38 +0200
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-09-16 22:04 +0000
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-15 18:08 -0700
            Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-09-16 13:12 +0100
            Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-16 08:30 -0400
      Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-15 11:51 -0700
        Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-15 18:13 -0700
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-15 21:18 -0400
            Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2011-09-16 05:37 -0700
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-16 09:46 -0400
              Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-16 12:08 -0700
          Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-16 13:20 +0100

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