Digital Mars - c++ - Passing reference to array

↑ ↓ ← → Christof Meerwald <cmeerw web.de> writes:

here is a test-case:

typedef char my_array[10];

void f(my_array &x)
{ }

void g(my_array &x)
{
  f(x);
// Error: need explicit cast for function parameter 1 to get
// from: char **
// to  : char (*)[10]
}
      
int main()
{
  my_array x;

  g(x);

  return 0;
}


bye, Christof

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Nov 12 2002

↑ ↓ ← → "Matthew Wilson" <dmd synesis.com.au> writes:

For what it's worth, I just checked it, and Borland 5.5, Metrowerks 3.0,
VC++ 7 & Intel 6 all work correctly.

"Christof Meerwald" <cmeerw web.de> wrote in message
news:aqrjtq$o34$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 here is a test-case:

 typedef char my_array[10];

 void f(my_array &x)
 { }

 void g(my_array &x)
 {
   f(x);
 // Error: need explicit cast for function parameter 1 to get
 // from: char **
 // to  : char (*)[10]
 }

 int main()
 {
   my_array x;

   g(x);

   return 0;
 }


 bye, Christof

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