According to the C FAQ, Whenever an array appears in an expression, the compiler implicitly generates a pointer to the array's first element, just as if the pro

According to the C FAQ, Whenever an array appears in an expression, the compiler implicitly generates a pointer to the array's first element, just as if the programmer had written &a[0]. The exceptions are when the array is the operand of a sizeof or & operator, or is a string literal initializer for a character array.