How is memory allocated for an implicitly defined multidimensional array in C99?

Question

I\'m trying to write a C99 program and I have an array of strings implicitly defined as such:

char *stuff[] = {\"hello\",\"pie\",\"deadbeef\"};

Answer 1

Are all strings allocated the same amount of elements as the largest string in the definition?

No, only 3 pointer are allocated and they point to 3 string literals.

char *stuff[] = {"hello","pie","deadbeef"};

and

char stuff[3][9];

are not at all equivalent. First is an array of 3 pointers whereas the second is a 2D array.

For the first only pointer are allocated and the string literals they point to may be stored in the read-only section. The second is allocated on automatic storage (usually stack).