Q: C style string

acerlinux · 04-13-2009, 06:48 PM

I am pretty clear about what a C style string is and how it works, but my question here is why the following statement is legal:

typedef char TestUsername[30];

why the compiler will not complain about using char by not char*?

Idle · 04-13-2009, 07:48 PM

Code:

// This is perfectly valid array of char typedef.
typedef char TestUsername[30];

// So is this, but of a [pointer to] array of char.
typedef char *TestUsername;

The compiler shouldn't complain about valid syntax.

acerlinux · 04-13-2009, 07:58 PM

yes yes, I see, Ignore my question here folks. My bad.