Comparing Pointer

[sebastien.fricker]

Does anybody know if it is allowed to compare pointer using the
operators '<', '<=', '>' or '>='?

[Richard Bos]

se***************@gmail.com wrote:

Does anybody know if it is allowed to compare pointer using the
operators '<', '<=', '>' or '>='?

Yes, but with limitations. You're allowed to compare any two valid or
null pointers of compatible types[1] using == and !=. Using <, >, <= and

>=, though, there is the additional demand that they must point within

the same object (array, struct, union, etc.). If not, the behaviour is
undefined. That also means that you can't compare to a null pointer
(constant) using < or >.

Richard

[1] Or pointers to void, or pointers to qualified versions of compatible
types, or null pointer constants.

[Keith Thompson]

se***************@gmail.com writes:

Does anybody know if it is allowed to compare pointer using the
operators '<', '<=', '>' or '>='?

If your textbook doesn't answer that question, get a better one. I
recommend K&R2 (Kernighan & Ritchie, _The C Programming Language_, 2nd
Edition).

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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[Ike Naar]

In article <ln************@nuthaus.mib.org>,
Keith Thompson <ks***@mib.orgwrote:

>se***************@gmail.com writes:

>Does anybody know if it is allowed to compare pointer using the
operators '<', '<=', '>' or '>='?

If your textbook doesn't answer that question, get a better one. I
recommend K&R2 (Kernighan & Ritchie, _The C Programming Language_, 2nd
Edition).

In some prints of the book, the section on pointer comparisons
(A7.10) has an omission that is corrected in the errata, see
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/2ediffs.html .