char constant?

[Chris Torek]

In article <5206 at ihlpg.ATT.COM> tainter at ihlpg.ATT.COM (Tainter) writes:
-Is
-    "ABCD"[0]
-legal ANSI C?

Yes.  It is not, however, a constant expression (see section 3.4).

-If so then
-    (#x[0])
-becomes a 'charize' expression equivalent to a direct charize operator for
-all intents and purposes.

No.  For instance, "C"[0] is not legal as a case label.
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