2009/9/22 Ben Klein <shackl...@gmail.com>: > 2009/9/23 Luke Benstead <kaz...@gmail.com>: >> If it IS the case that this doesn't cause a crash and is perfectly >> valid, can someone explain to me how/why this works? Or point me (no >> pun intended) to the bit in the C spec that explains it? Coz the way I >> read it, it has to dereference dmW, otherwise how would the compiler >> find the address of the array? ... so confused :) > > I believe it's because the array (as a pointer) is at the same > location as start of the struct (as a pointer). Compiler then applies > pointer arithmetic without dereferencing. >
Ah, I see.. but in that case, how is an array different to using a pointer, like in Vitaliy's example? Surely that's the same thing essentially? Luke.