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0 pointsbigfishrunning7mo ago0 comments

what changes, in your opinion, would need to be made to the C array type to make it "sensible"? C's array is simplistic, but I don't think it's not "sensible"...

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nicoburns7mo ago

It would need to store a length and not decay to a pointer when passed to a function.

mgaunard7mo ago

the length is part of the type.

mgaunard7mo ago

consider the C++ std::array, which exists to make arrays behave like normal objects.

You can do the same in C by wrapping your array in a struct.

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0 pointsbigfishrunning7mo ago0 comments

what changes, in your opinion, would need to be made to the C array type to make it "sensible"? C's array is simplistic, but I don't think it's not "sensible"...

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nicoburns7mo ago

It would need to store a length and not decay to a pointer when passed to a function.

mgaunard7mo ago

the length is part of the type.

mgaunard7mo ago

consider the C++ std::array, which exists to make arrays behave like normal objects.

You can do the same in C by wrapping your array in a struct.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse