C Puzzle (for fun only!)

Not sure the question is very clear - you mean the whole of x

Problem is you can't do address of - &

sizeof ??

sizeof(x)

Yep.  Maybe that one was too easy :-)

Keep em comming...

But remeber register is only a request.  So if somehow computer decide not to grand what's requested then ...

The following 4 operations are also valid: x[0], x[1], 1[x], 0[x]
although you can argue they are too similar to be 4.

yuk, they still made implicit reference to the address.

Isn't *x valid?

Nope.  Remember you can't directly or indirectly refer to x's address, so how can you dereference x's address?

The only other pseudo-operation is #x, which gets interpreted as "x" by compiler.

#x is textual substitution done py the preprocessor befor the compiler gets to look at the code.  It has no relation to the x variable.

Anybody want to answer this so we can convert it to a PAQ?

"But remeber register is only a request.  So if somehow computer decide not to grand [grant ?] what's requested then ..."
It can but the syntax rules for register variables still apply AFAIK

>> It can but the syntax rules for register variables still apply AFAIK
Correct.  Same as the C++ "inline" request.

sizeof is OK.
What if you are using a C++ compiler? Won't the address-of(&) work?

pagladasu - not on a register variable

Answers2000-The address-of operator works on register variable in C++ - try it out with the VC++ compiler yourself and see. Also please check out the latest book on the C++ programming language by Bjarne Stroustrup.

Hmmm...  Just checked the ARM.  He's right, it is permissible in C++.
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