Functions returning pointers
- by fg nu
C++ noob here. I have a very basic question about a construct I found in the C++ book I am reading.
// class declaration
class CStr {
char sData[256];
public:
char* get(void);
};
// implementation of the function
char* CStr::get(void) {
return sData;
}
So the Cstr::get function is obviously meant to return a character pointer, but the function is passing what looks like the value (return sData). Does C++ know to return the address of the returned object? My guess would have been that the function definition would be return &sData.
