Names

The value of a name depends on its type, which is determined by how that name is declared. The following table shows whether a name is an lvalue expression.

Table 18. Primary expressions: Names

Name declared as	Evaluates to	Is an lvalue?
Variable of arithmetic, pointer, enumeration, structure, or union type	An object of that type	yes
Enumeration constant	The associated integer value	no
Array	That array. In contexts subject to conversions, a pointer to the first object in the array, except where the name is used as the argument to the sizeof operator.	no yes
Function	That function. In contexts subject to conversions, a pointer to that function, except where the name is used as the argument to the sizeof operator, or as the function in a function call expression.	no yes

As an expression, a name may not refer to a label, typedef name, structure member, union member, structure tag, union tag, or enumeration tag. Names used for these purposes reside in a namespace that is separate from that of names used in expressions. However, some of these names may be referred to within expressions by means of special constructs: for example, the dot or arrow operators may be used to refer to structure and union members; typedef names may be used in casts or as an argument to the sizeof operator.