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From: eru@tnvsu1.tele.nokia.fi (Erkki Ruohtula)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: A question about sizeof
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Date: 22 Oct 90 08:32:49 GMT
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The standard says that "sizeof something_of_array_type" gives the size of the
array, not that of the pointer to the first element. But when does the
"arrayness" disappear in the conversion to pointer? What should
"sizeof (struct_pointer->field_of_array_type)" be? Do the parentheses affect
the interpretation?

There is a compiler that gives the pointer size in the last example, and I am
wondering, whether or not this is a bug.
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Erkki Ruohtula     / Nokia Telecommunications
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