Is casting a static array to (char*) in strcpy() dangerous?

[mohammadalipak]

What's the difference between

char   *Name;
Name = malloc (13*sizeof(char));
strcpy (Name, "George Brown");

and

char   Name[13];
strcpy (Name, "George Brown");

The compiler gives a warning in the second case: warning C4047: 'function' : 'char *' differs in levels of indirection from 'char *[13]' & warning C4024: 'strcat' : different types for formal and actual parameter 1 . The warning goes away if we cast the static array as (char*) . Is it dangerous though?

[Salem]

In which case I would say you're not posting the code you're compiling.

The only way to get those warnings with VC++ is to do this
char Name[13];
strcpy ( <strong>&</strong>Name, "George Brown");

As written, both snippets are fine.

[mohammadalipak]

You're right. I was mistaking LPSTR datatype to be a char where it is defined as char* . Thanks.