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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Difference between these pointer syntaxes
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
[...]
> The rules are, firstly get clear in your own mind that a buffer is
> a region of memory, an array is a list of data placed at equal
> intervals in that memory.

[...]

No.  

The unqualified term "an array" is ambiguous.  An array object
is an object of array type, regardless of its current contents.
Please stop misusing words that have perfectly good definitions.

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