Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures

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From	Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures
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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:

> Why would you tell someone trying to learn C about "array pointer
> equivalence"?  Arrays and pointers are not equivalent.

They are occasionally

f(char *ptr){
  printf("%s - %u\n",ptr,(unsigned)sizeof(ptr));
}

f(char arr[10]){
  printf("%s - %u\n",arr,(unsigned)sizeof(arr));
}

Worst design decision in C.  Understandable in context, but *ugh*.

Also, seems to have caused BartC to go certifiably insane.

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Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 02:00 -0800
  Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 02:08 -0800
    Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 07:36 -0800
      Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-21 11:13 -0500
    Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-21 11:08 -0500
      Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 09:09 -0800
        Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-21 14:32 -0500
          Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 12:57 -0800
            Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 13:04 -0800
              Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-21 17:59 -0500
              Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2017-01-22 14:02 +0000
                Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-22 14:17 +0000
                Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-30 05:25 -0800
            Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-21 17:57 -0500
  Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-21 08:09 -0800
    Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-21 15:15 -0800
      Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-22 08:27 +0000
        Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-22 11:17 +0000
          Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-22 11:44 +0000
            Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-22 04:27 -0800
              Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-22 13:32 +0000
              Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-22 07:54 -0800
            Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-22 13:31 +0000
          Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-22 14:02 +0000
        Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-22 07:50 -0800
  Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-01-21 17:15 +0100
  Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-21 17:59 +0100
    Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 09:09 -0800
      Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-01-21 09:27 -0800
        Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 09:30 -0800
    Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 09:25 -0800
  Re: Access structure members via pointer to an array of structures "Peter \"Shaggy\" Haywood" <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2017-01-30 22:04 +1100

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