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From: Segfaults R Us <seg4u@segue.org>
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Subject: Re: C array descriptor
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:45:33 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-06-25, Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> wrote:
> Roger Levy <roger.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For the first time, I need to pass an array to an external function.
>> Does anyone know the data structure for C array descriptors?
>
> C doesn't have array descriptors.  An array, when passed to a
> function, decays into a pointer to the first element.

Can you say "segfault" boys and girls? ;-)
>
> Andrew.