On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 06:22:43 -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
>
>char[] delimits strings with '\0' in every implementation in the world, I
>think.
>
It depends. With gcc:
char a6[ 6 ] = { 'w', 'o', 'm', 'b', 'a', 't' };
char s6[ 6 ] = "wombat";
both compile with no error message, whereas:
char s5[ 5 ] = "wombat";
gives:
wombat.c:6: warning: initializer-string for array of chars is too long
so, apparently the \0 terminator is not mandatory.
-- gil
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