Re: Array pointers

From: Erik Max Francis (max_at_alcyone.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:57:22 -0700

Jens.Toerring@physik.fu-berlin.de wrote:

> A two-dimensional array like your
>
> int array[2][3];
>
> doesn't decay to a pointer to pointer to int but just a pointer to
> int.

No, it decays to an int *[3].

> > and then when I run the binary, I get a segmentation fault.
>
> Yes, that was to be expected...

Your proposal would also fail. 

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