func returning array

**msp** · 11-24-2007

Code:

char foooo()[10]
{
	static char a[10];
	return a;
}

I am really screwed up! What's wrong here?

**laserlight** · 11-24-2007

More like:

Code:

char* foooo()
{
	static char a[10];
	return a;
}

Though have you considered encapsulating this in a class instead?

**msp** · 11-24-2007

so this was a syntax error? really?
when i write it like this:

Code:

char foooo()[10]
{
}

my compiler reports that the function returns array! i am using MSVS .Net 2003.

**laserlight** · 11-24-2007

I think the problem is that functions cannot return arrays. They can, however, return pointers to arrays.

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