On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 22:57 +0000, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> Silly question:  when did sizeof("string") get changed to be anything
> other than the size of the pointer ("string" is, after all, an array
> of characters)? 

It is since K&R times that way.
If you do not know the difference between a pointer and an array (and
these are vastly different), go learn something new about C.

        Bernd
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