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Re: objcopy / binary inclusion weirdness (repost)


Matthew Bloch <mattbee@soup-kitchen.net> writes:

> Oh, umm, yes.  Thanks for the explanations!  It's confusing that you're 
> always given the impression that char* == char[] types in C, but it's not 
> entirely accurate in this case.

Anybody who gives you that impression is misleading you quite badly.
Stop listening to them.

A more correct statement would be that in certain specific cases, a
char[] type is automatically and silently converted to a char* type.

Ian


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