Subject: Re: pointers &arrays[]
From: [email-masked] (Scott Warner)

29 Nov 1997 12:24:40 -0800
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To: "Jean-Philippe Chancelier" <[email-masked]>,
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Thank you for this distinction.  It's an excellent point to remember.

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> From: Jean-Philippe Chancelier
<[email-masked]>
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: pointers &arrays[]
> Date: Friday, November 28, 1997 5:07 AM
> 
> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Warner <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> Hello,
> My little contribution to array-pointers 
> 
>     Scott> 1.  Array names are equivelant to pointers in most cases 
> 
>     Yes as long as you do not try to change the adress they point to.
> 
> 	   int *x ,y[10],j=20,z[10];
> 	   f(x) or f(y) 
> 	   x[0] =10 ; 
> 	   y[0] = 20 ;
> 	   .... 	   
>     But 
> 	   y= malloc(...);  not valid 
> 	   y= x ; not valid 
> 	   y= &j ; not valid 
> 	   y=z ;   not valid too 
> 	   so y acts like a pointer since it points somewhere 
> 	   but you can't change the adress where it points 
> 	   It's like a const pointer 	   
> 
> Jean-Philippe 
> 
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