Issue 0017.15: When do array parameters get converted to pointers?

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Authors: Derek M. Jones, WG14
Date: 1992-12-10
Reference document: X3J11/90-056
Submitted against: C90
Status: Fixed
Fixed in: C90 TC1
Cross-references: 0013.01, 0110
Converted from: dr.htm, dr_017.html

Ordering of conversion of arrays to pointers

In subclause 6.5.4.3 on page 68, line 22 there is a sentence in parentheses. Does the sentence refer to the whole paragraph or just the preceding sentence?

int f(int a[4]);
 int f(int a[5]);
 int f(int *a);

1. It refers to the whole paragraph. This makes all of the above three declarations compatible.
2. It does not refer to the whole paragraph. This makes all three declarations incompatible.

Comment from WG14 on 1997-09-23:

Response

Regarding page 68, line 22: There are two sentences in parentheses. They apply to the entire paragraph. The declarations are all compatible. (See Defect Report #013, Question 1 for a clarifying correction in this area.)