Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:26:40 +0200 (CEST) | From | Guennadi Liakhovetski <> | Subject | Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known? |
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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...
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