From: clcppm-poster@this.is.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:09:38 +0100, Daniel Kr=FCgler  =   
      
    wrote:   
      
   > Am 09.11.2011 21:20, schrieb Vipin:   
   >> I am seeing the following as an error by compiler. I remember it   
   >> should be an error but want to know the concept behind it.   
   >   
   > To make the problem statement more clear, I deliberately simplified yo=   
   ur  =   
      
   > example to   
   >   
   > int Data[] = {0};   
   >   
   > int main (){   
   >    sizeof Data/sizeof Data[0];   
   >    sizeof (int [])(&(Data[0]))/ sizeof Data[0];   
   > }   
   >   
   > The question is: Why is the second statement in main ill-formed?   
      
         [...]   
   > Now writing a casting expression of the form   
   >   
   > (int [])(&(Data[0])   
   >   
   > is ill-formed for several reasons:   
      
   Not to talk of the fact that if you stick a sizeof in front of   
   it the parsing changes and you no longer have a cast :-)   
   Example:   
      
      int a = 0 ;   
      sizeof ( void * ) ( &a ) ; // error   
      
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