[OCLUG-devel] write()

[Dan Stromberg]

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 23:30 -0700, Michael Elkins wrote:
> When you declare an array, the name of the variable is actually the
> same as a pointer to the beginning of the array.  So in the 'read'
> syscall, you are actually passing a pointer when you specify an array.
> 
> Michael

...and it's a rather unnecessary exception to the general rule.

Sure, it might keep a newbie from passing an entire array by value,
but...

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