Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known?

[Carlo Florendo <subscribermail@gmail.com>]

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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