Issue with pointer to character array C++

Question

I have what I thought should be a very simple snippet of code to write, though I\'m unable to compile for a reason which I do not understand.

The following simplifie

Answer 1

array decays to pointer, you only need

char* pBuffer = buffer;

Also checkout: std::decay

   std::cout << "int[] -> int*; // " << std::boolalpha
              << std::is_same::type>::value;

Output:

int[] -> int*; // true