[cfe-dev] _Generic constant string as controlling expression

[Zhihao Yuan]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Richard Smith <richard at metafoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Since this clause has no mention for _Generic, shouldn't the type of
>> "hello"
>> be converted from char[6] to char * when it's used as a controlling
>> expression ?
>> Or am I missing something ?
>
>
> Yes, I think it should -- this looks like a bug. Please file a bug report!

I don't think so.  It looks more like an overlook to me. CC'ed Clark (the
author of _Generic).

At a first glance, performing an array-to-pointer conversion make things
easier, but imagine something like this:

  #define F(e) _Generic(e, char *: sizeof(e))

So what, sizeof a pointer is the array length?  This leads very obscure
programs.  Please don't.  In unevalued context (stealing C++ term here),
no convert should be performed.

Here is an solution (no matter this is a bug in which side):

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18857056/c11-generic-how-to-deal-with-string-literals

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Zhihao Yuan, ID lichray
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