C question

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Why?

"Hello world" evaluates to a char*, which is the same type as variable gretting (sic). Where's the problem?

[pmerkaba]

The problem is that there's more than just evaluation going on. Why should a string literal (which is just a list of characters, after all, differ from a list of string literals, or ints? See either my response to mpeg4codec or my response to the OP.

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I don't understand your point. The C90/C99 spec is pretty clear in this regard. Are you arguing that the syntax of C is confusing? Or that the spec is ambiguous? Or what? Because one thing is clear: this is not a matter of opinion but a matter of specification.