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Subject:	Re: Warning : if (x=y)
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Date:	Wed, 13 Sep 2000 01:36:48 GMT
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:48:21 +0100, Jason Green
<news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv> wrote:
>
>> With gcc-2.95.2 -fpedantic-errors is default for C++ ...
>
>Unless you compile the following as C++ code:
>
>int main(void)
>{
>  char s1[4], s2[4] = "foo";
>  
>  s1 = s2; /* illegal */
>  
>  return 0;
>}
>
>I don't know if this is bug or feature [in GCC].

Feature.  AFAIK an array name is not an lvalue.  You can, OTOH, say

  char *s1;
  char *s2[4] = "bar";
  s1 = s2;

comp.lang.c added for a full explanation of this language issue.

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