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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: static char (*b)[6]; /* an unusual declaration */
Message-ID: <207@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 07:55:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: sugar.207
Posted: Fri Jun 19 07:55:29 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jun-87 06:32:37 EDT
References: <761@bsu-cs.UUCP> <2117@dg_rtp.UUCP>
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I'm holding the line-eater for ransom somewhere in lower slobbovia!

In article <2117@dg_rtp.UUCP>, throopw@dg_rtp.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:
> > What is the meaning of the following declaration?
> >      static char (*b)[6];
> Static pointer to an array of six characters.  The same memory layout
> (though *not* the same type) can be had by the declarations:
>         char q[6];
>         static char *r = q;

except that static char (*b)[6] doesn't actually allocate the 6 bytes. Better
would be

typedef char mytype[6];
static mytype *b;