[c-prog] Can a function return an array of 4 pointers?

[Pedro]

struct four_pointers
{
  char *a[4];
};
typedef struct four_pointers four_pointers;

  Is it possible for a function to return an array of 4 pointers to char 
without encapsulating them inside a struct?

  I know it is impossible to have an automatic variable length array. But the 
array I'd like to return have a definite length of 4 pointers.

  Can you quote from the current Committee Draft ISO/IEC 9899:201x ?