From: fist1000 AT aol DOT com (Fist1000)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Proper use of the & operator
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Date: 27 Apr 1998 21:21:56 GMT
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If I have an array, for example:

    char strbuf[13];

what does &strbuf, yield? I usually do the following to zero such an array:

    memset(strbuf, 0, 13);

or

    memset(&strbuf[0], 0, 13);

but i've recently noticed the following in someone else's code:

    memset(&strbuf, 0, 13);

I thought this was invalid, but it seems to compile. I'm no master of pointers
or references, but that seems incorrect. I've been porting some code from DJGPP
to Watcom, and in many cases in the Watcom code, it doesn't like &strbuf and
will give me a bunch of bogus data. Anyone have any insight into this? Please
reply by e-mail. Thanks.

Later,
Aen (fist1000 AT aol DOT com)