Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.c > #90290

Re: extern array as a pointer

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: extern array as a pointer
Date 2016-07-12 12:52 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <nm377p$k9q$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <27db6ff2-216f-41c6-a9e0-c06d206f5262@googlegroups.com> <nm2ho6$455$1@dont-email.me> <20160712135839.349cd1a4@archvm> <lnbn22izsv.fsf@kst-u.example.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On 07/12/2016 12:30 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Frank Tetzel <s1445051@mail.zih.tu-dresden.de> writes:
> [...]
>> But why? Why is "extern int *array" containing the first element which
>> is 0? Why doesn't the compiler or rather the linker warn about this? Is
>> the type information lost for the linker?
> 
> Yes, that's exactly the problem: the linker is required to pay attention
> to type information.

Is there a "not" missing from that sentence?

Back to comp.lang.c | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

extern array as a pointer sinbad <sinbad.sinbad@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 03:06 -0700
  Re: extern array as a pointer BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-12 11:45 +0100
    Re: extern array as a pointer Frank Tetzel <s1445051@mail.zih.tu-dresden.de> - 2016-07-12 13:58 +0200
      Re: extern array as a pointer Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-12 13:33 +0100
      Re: extern array as a pointer Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-12 09:30 -0700
        Re: extern array as a pointer James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-12 12:52 -0400
          Re: extern array as a pointer Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-12 11:30 -0700
            Re: extern array as a pointer supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-12 11:51 -0700
        Re: extern array as a pointer supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-07-12 10:55 -0700
    Re: extern array as a pointer Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-12 09:28 -0700
  Re: extern array as a pointer Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-07-12 13:26 +0100
    Re: extern array as a pointer Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-12 09:26 -0700
  Re: extern array as a pointer Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-07-12 13:46 +0100
  Re: extern array as a pointer James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-07-12 12:33 -0400

csiph-web