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		geocar on Sept 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus on compiler warnings and code reviews sizeof(a) is sizeof(int*) in your example because of the C standard: That is to say this is a bug in the standard, and not a bug in any particular compiler.

acconsta on Sept 23, 2015 [–]

Yes, but why does the standard have that bug?

geocar on Sept 23, 2015 | [–]

Probably because the compilers that were standardized had that bug.

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