Arrays and Pointers - C++

[dep0]

Is it valid to say in c/c++ that the name of an array is a pointer?
I already know that this is valid

int c[10];
&c[0]==c;

From this can i assume that the name of an array is a pointer?

[Vaphell]

in some context it behaves like one, but not always
check the difference between sizeof(c) and sizeof(&c[0])

[Bachstelze]

Is it valid to say in c/c++ that the name of an array is a pointer?

Make up your mind, C or C++? In C, no. In C++, I don't know.

[MadCow108]

Is it valid to say in c/c++ that the name of an array is a pointer?
I already know that this is valid

int c[10];
&c[0]==c;

From this can i assume that the name of an array is a pointer?

arrays and pointers are different types. But both types represent a very similar concept, except arrays have the additional notion of the size of memory pointed to.
It is very important to remember that arrays decays into a pointer on a change of stack frame.
That means as soon as you are in a different frame the size information is lost
e.g.

main()
{
  int c[10]
  assert(sizeof(c == sizeof(int) * 10));
  f(c);
}

f(int a[])
{
  assert(sizeof(a == sizeof(int*)));
  // a is now a pointer to the array in the previous stack frame!!
  // [] syntax here is just "syntactic sugar", int * a is the exact same thing
}

[trent.josephsen]

  assert(sizeof(c == sizeof(int) * 10));

  assert(sizeof(a == sizeof(int*)));

Careless mistake, I'm sure, but both of those evaluate to assert(sizeof(int)). Actually maybe in C++ it's sizeof(bool)... correct me if I'm wrong.