What is the compiler doing when it reads “int *p?” Does it assume p will become a pointer to an array of integers? Can the star operator only be used with arrays?
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What is the compiler doing when it reads “int *p?” Does it assume p will become a pointer to an array of integers? Can the star operator only be used with arrays?
In C and C++, arrays and pointers are related to each other. In particular, this means that
pcan be made to point to a singleint, or to the first element of an array ofints.