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

From	cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Address of array && address of pointer to array
Date	2011-09-16 22:04 +0000
Message-ID	<4e73c735.105006098@text.giganews.com> (permalink)
References	<285449fe-33f9-4c81-893d-1d9349da0e95@x11g2000prb.googlegroups.com> <fb1e1749-853e-4399-ac85-dacae2b3110f@h6g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> <j4vn1b$poc$1@localhost.localdomain>

Show all headers | View raw

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:38:35 +0200, Bart van Ingen Schenau
<bart@ingen.ddns.info> wrote:

>Stanley Rice Wrote:
>
>> 
>> Err, I seems that I am just a novice and I don't fully understand
>> the pointer. Why should a pointer have to an object that has a
>> specific type, even,(void). Every code and variable and anything else
>> just store in the memory. Does the pointer with the specific type to
>> point to locate how much memory space to charge?
>
>It might be true for the computer that you are sitting at that everything is
>stored in a single big pool of memory, but C is defined to be flexible
>enough that it also can deal with really weird systems.

[snip]

Back in the bad old days the Primos C compiler had 32 bit pointers for
short/int/long and 48 bit pointers for char.  Porting to Primos was an
occasion for learning that the whole world isn't 32 bit.

Thread

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

csiph-web