Why is auto in `auto s =" abc "` yield a char pointer instead of a char array?
This program
#include <iostream>
int main() {
auto s = "Hello, world!\n";
decltype("Hello, world!\n") t = "Hello, world!\n";
std::cout << sizeof s << ", ";
std::cout << sizeof t << ", ";
std::cout << sizeof "Hello, world!\n" << '\n';
return 0;
}
prints
4, 15, 15
This suggests that the type sis equal char *. This seems stranger, given that the type of the string literal tis equal char [15].
Why does this program not print 15, 15, 15instead?
Why autodoes it declare a pointer type instead of an array type when assigned to a string literal?
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