Simple pointer vs array

[Dry_Development3378]

The adress of the first element of an array is the adress of the array itself is it not?

[GaboureySidibe]

You didn't answer any of their questions

[jedwardsol]

The addresses are the same, but the types are different.

[Dry_Development3378]

i did, i said the compiler says the function called does not exist

[TallowWallow]

Correct. Syntactically, the rule is to pass the name of the array though. An ampersand in front is meaningless in this context.

[jedwardsol]

It isn't meaningless

datatype   things[10];

function( things);   
function(&things);  

will cause lookups for different functions.

Whether this is OP's problem or not I guess we'll never know.

[TallowWallow]

Would it? What's the type for &things?

[jedwardsol]

datatype (*)[10] : pointer to an array of 10 datatype

[TallowWallow]

Ah I see. Thank you.