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From: pvf@bridge2.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: sizeof and strings
Message-ID: <389@bridge2.bridge>
Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 14:36:04 EST
Article-I.D.: bridge2.389
Posted: Mon Apr 13 14:36:04 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 05:35:38 EST
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Reply-To: pvf@bridge2.bridge (Paul V. Fries)
Organization: Bridge Communications
Lines: 11
Keywords: user-friendly C sizeof

According to K&R, p188, first paragraph:
	"When applied to an array, the result is the total number
	of bytes in the array."

This calls out a deviation (for the purpose of sizeof) from the normal
interpretation of an array name (or literal string) as a pointer
to the object.  The deviation is specifically so that sizeof() is useful
for determining the size of the storage for an array.

This calls for "sizeof("1234567890")" to be 11.  This is in fact the
value returned by both the Berkeley 4.2 and Sun C compilers.