Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:00:52 +0800 | From | Carlo Florendo <> | Subject | Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known? |
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Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> C99 spec that Al referred you to (available for around US$18 as a pdf) >> says in 6.7.8, para. 14 (where Al said): >> >> "An array of character type may be initialized by a character string literal, optionally >> enclosed in braces. Successive characters of the character string literal (including the >> terminating null character if there is room or if the array is of unknown size) initialize the >> elements of the array." > > Wow... So, the terminating '\0' in the string constant IS "special" and > "optional"... Ok, then, THIS does answer my question, THIS I can > understand, and, ghm, accept... > > Thanks to all who tried to explain this to me and sorry it took so long...
You should not have asked in the first place. The declaration
char c[4] = "abcd"
is perfectly valid. There is no cause for debate about it :)
Thank you very much.
Best Regards,
Carlo
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