On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Sjoerd Mullender wrote: > Derek Martin wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 01:30:44PM -0600, STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote: > > > >>The syntax: > >>int main(int argc, char **argv) > >>works, but most of the C books I have seen recommend > >>the *argv[] version. > > > > > > I meant to comment that these two different notations are functionally > > identical; an array name is nothing more than a pointer. For example, > > if we have the following code: > > Not true. Or rather, only partially true. > In a variable declaration the two are *not* equivalent. In a parameter > declaration and in an expression, the two *are* equivalent. Not in all expressions. sizeof(array) is usually not sizeof(&array[0]) See me trim. -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE." -- Death
