Q34905: Array Reference Gives "C4046 ‘&’ on Function/Array, Ignored"

Article: Q34905
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 26-AUG-1988

The following compiler warning message occurs when an array is
referred to incorrectly by the address-of operator (&).

C4046 '&' on function/array, ignored

The following program causes the warning C4046:

void main(void);
void main(void)
{
 char array[10];
 char *ptr_to_array;
 ptr_to_array = &array;
}

To clear up the warning, make the assignment read either

ptr_to_array = array;

or

ptr_to_array = &array[0];

More information about arrays can be found in the last paragraph on
Page 104 and in Example 1 on Page 119 of the "Microsoft C Optimizing
Compiler Language Reference" manual.

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