Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0])

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Lőrinczy Zsigmond <nospam@for.me> writes:
> This snippet from gdb might be relevant:
>
> (gdb) print sizeof("ABCDEF")
> $5 = 7
>
> (gdb) print sizeof((char *)"ABCDEF")
> $6 = 4

A snippet of output from a C program would be more relevant.
gdb's evaluation of C expression isn't necessarily 100% reliable,
though it's correct in this case.

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
    printf("%zu\n", sizeof "ABCDEF");
    printf("%zu\n", sizeof ((char*)"ABCDEF"));
}

output:
7
8

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sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 04:16 -0800
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) "Fernando D. Bozzo" <fdbozzo@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 04:27 -0800
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 04:43 -0800
      Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) "Fernando D. Bozzo" <fdbozzo@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 04:52 -0800
        Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 06:10 -0800
        Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-14 15:55 -0800
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2017-01-14 13:13 +0000
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-15 22:23 -0800
      Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-16 08:58 -0800
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-14 14:47 +0000
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 07:17 -0800
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-01-14 16:22 +0100
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-01-14 08:35 -0800
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-15 22:53 -0800
      Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-16 15:58 +0000
        Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-16 22:38 -0800
          Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-17 10:11 +0000
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-14 11:43 -0500
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-14 16:01 -0800
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-16 01:36 -0800
      Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-01-16 09:47 -0800
      Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-01-16 21:12 -0500
        Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-16 22:29 -0800
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-01-14 14:27 -0600
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-14 15:52 -0800
  Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Lőrinczy Zsigmond <nospam@for.me> - 2017-01-15 20:20 +0100
    Re: sizeof(x) / sizeof(x[0]) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-15 12:55 -0800

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