Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie

From	Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie
Date	2011-10-18 10:35 +0200
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On 17.10.2011 12:00, Nick Keighley wrote:
> I think the explanation
> 
>    "int *p; not only means p is an int*, but also that *p is an int"
> 
> finally enlightened me.

Well, problem is:

int p[5];

not only means p is an int[5], but also means p[5] is the first number
in the array, that _isn't_ int (cause it's a faulty memory access).

HTH,
Markus

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RIP Dennis Ritchie Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-10-13 15:38 +0100
  Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie "A" <a@a.a> - 2011-10-13 16:43 +0200
  Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie Paul Kuriakose <paul.kuriakose@comcast.net> - 2011-10-13 10:45 -0400
  Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-10-13 14:22 -0500
    Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2011-10-13 22:53 +0300
      Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2011-10-13 17:23 -0700
        Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie Szyk <szyk100@o2.pl> - 2011-10-14 19:21 +0200
          Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2011-10-14 21:43 +0000
            Re: pointers jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2011-10-15 22:27 +0000
            Re: pointers Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-15 22:52 +0000
            Re: pointers Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2011-10-15 19:38 -0400
              Re: pointers yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2011-10-17 10:46 +0000
            Re: pointers (was: RIP Dennis Ritchie) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-17 03:01 -0700
            Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-17 03:00 -0700
              Re: RIP Dennis Ritchie Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2011-10-18 10:35 +0200

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