Where are C/C++ main function's parameters?

Question

In C/C++, the main function receives parameters which are of type char*.

int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
  return 0;
}

Answer 1

Usually it is unknown where they are.

#include 
#include 

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  char **foo;
  char *bar[] = {"foo", "bar"};

  (void)argv; /* avoid unused argv warning */

  foo = malloc(sizeof *foo);
  foo[0] = malloc(42);
  strcpy(foo[0], "forty two");

  /* where is foo located? stack? heap? somewhere else? */
  if (argc != 42) main(42, foo); else return 0;

  /* where is bar located? stack? heap? somewhere else? */
  if (argc != 43) main(43, bar); else return 0;
  /* except for the fact that bar elements
  ** point to unmodifiable strings
  ** this call to main is perfectably reasonable */

  return 0;
  /* please ignore memory leaks, thank you */
}