Description

The unary (&) operator returns the address of its operand. If the operand has type "type", the result has type "pointer to type". If the operand is the result of a unary * operator, neither that operator nor the & operator is evaluated and the result is as if both were omitted, except that the constraints on the operators still apply and the result is not an l-value. Similarly, if the operand is the result of a [] operator, neither the & operator nor the unary * that is implied by the [] is evaluated and the result is as if the & operator were removed and the [] operator were changed to a + operator. Otherwise, the result is a pointer to the object designated by its operand [1].

See Also

operators

Document Notes

For more information, see the OpenCL C Specification

This page is extracted from the OpenCL C Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

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1. Thus, &*E is equivalent to E (even if E is a null pointer), and &(E1[E2]) is equivalent to E1) + (E2. It is always true that if E is an l-value that is a valid operand of the unary & operator, *&E is an l-value equal to E.