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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: char (*a)[]  (was: Style [++i vs i++])
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Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 11:25:35 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 13 11:25:35 1987
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strouckn@nvpna1.UUCP (Louis Stroucken 42720) writes:
# >> >   main(a)
# >> >   char (*a)[];
#        [ discussion wether "a++;" should do something sensible ]
# Please note that "a" is a formal argument of main!!
# The declaration of "a" might as well read "char **a;". "a++;" should
# increment "a" with sizeof( char * ) bytes.

And so, Louis is the only one to notice that Lint passes this code,
*because it is correct* (as far as static analysis goes)!  Now, let's
make the declaration local, rather than a parameter, and try again...

Dale (hey, I missed it too!)
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