From:	Matt Darland <mtd5922 AT omega DOT uta DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	A pointer is a pointer, right?
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 1997 21:45:20 -0500
Organization:	University of Texas Arlington
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  I have a slight problem with DJGPP compiler.

I have a class called Nation (it's global war simulator for school).
In the main I have declared an array of pointers to Nation, ( *Nation[6])

In private section of Nation I have declared a pointer to this array,
( Nation *(*array)[] ). In the constructor, I want to pass the address
of the array in the main to the private array pointer in Nation. My
constructor prototype looks like:

Nation( const char* name, double money, Nation *(*array)[] )

When I try to compile the program the error is 'declaration of a pointer
to an array of unspecified bounds.' I thought a pointer was simply a
4 byte address in DJGPP, why would the compiler need to know the array
bounds? Or is my declaration screwy ( I also tried Nation *( (*array)[])
).

  Thanks,
  Matt Darland
  mtd5922 AT omega DOT uta DOT edu

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