pointer to function assignment

Question

Why the assignment without '&' is compiling in the following code? I compiled the code with GCC 3.4.6. Is it right to assign without &, or this is a "feature" of GCC?

void func() {
}

int main() {
  typedef void (*F)();

  F f;
  f = &func; // the way of assigning pointer to function.
  f = func;  // this is also working.

  (*f)();

  return 0;
}

Mankarse · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 15:51:13Z

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This is perfectly ok. Both statements are totally equivalent. The function lvalue is converted to a pointer to function through a standard conversion. §4.3/1:

An lvalue of function type T can be converted to an rvalue of type “pointer to T.” The result is a pointer to the function.

edited Aug 30, 2011 at 15:51

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 15:39

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