On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Santosh Pradhan<santosh.pradhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> Hi All,> I am new to this group and I have a question regarding following C program.>> #include<stdio.h>>> #define NAME "santosh">> int main()> {> char *p_name = NAME;> char *q_name = NAME;> if (p_name == q_name)> printf("Hello, World\n");> return 0;> }>> When I compile this test program, it always prints "Hello, World".>Both pointers point to same address (NAME) that's the reason why youalways get Hello World in output. :)> My Question:>> i) Does compiler do any optimization automatically to make both the pointers> have same address ?>> ii) How does this happen?You can debug your code in e.g Kdevelop and see exactly what happens.>> iii) Will both the pointers be same always?Yes, both point to same variable.>> iv) Will it differ in other platforms like prop. Unix (AIX/HP-UX etc.) and> Win?>> Any kind of help is appreciated.>> Sorry, if it is not the right place to ask this :(.>> Thanks in advance.>> Regards,> Santosh>
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