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Re: Array of Integers ?

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Chad wrote:
> 
> On Nov 8, 12:14 am, jacob navia <ja...@spamsink.net> wrote:
> > Le 08/11/11 08:51, arnuld a écrit :
> >
> > > I wrote my blog on Insertion Sort some time back
> > > and used words "Array of
> > > Integers" on that. I was told by someone
> > > that there is nothing like array
> > > of integers in C. C has array of objects only.
> >
> > > So how do we differentiate between array of integers and array of
> > > characters (not string constant)
> > > in communication if there is no such
> > > thing as array of integers ?
> >
> > You define an array of integers like this:
> >
> > int array[256];
> >
> > The person that told you that arrays of
> > integers do not exist in C is
> > completely wrong.
> >
> 
> What about the following...
> 
> http://67.40.109.61/torek/c/expr.html
> 
> And I quote..
> 
> C does not have array values.  (There is one
> exception to this, which I will save for later.)

Unless the case which is under discussion here and now, 
happens to be the "one exception to this" 
which he was saving for later,
he's wrong.

ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E)

6.7.8 Initialization

Semantics
8 An initializer specifies the initial value stored in an object.

16 Otherwise, the initializer for an object 
   that has aggregate or union type shall be a brace
   enclosed list of initializers for the elements or named members.

> The point being that, if I understand correctly, C does not have
> 'array of integers'. Instead, at least according to the former
> comp.lang.c regular on here, the language has 'array objects'.

Given, as above:
    int array[256];
then (array), is an "array of 256 int".


ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E)
6.2.5 Types

17 The type char, the signed and unsigned integer types, 
   and the enumerated types are collectively called integer types.

20  An array type is said to be derived from its element type, 
    and if its element type is T, the array type is sometimes
called        ‘‘array of T’’. 

Since int is an integer type,
I don't see anything wrong 
with calling (array) "an array of integers".

-- 
pete

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Array of Integers ? arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> - 2011-11-08 07:51 +0000
  Re: Array of Integers ? Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2011-11-08 08:11 +0000
  Re: Array of Integers ? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-08 09:14 +0100
    Re: Array of Integers ? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-08 00:23 -0800
      Re: Array of Integers ? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-08 04:07 -0500
    Re: Array of Integers ? tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2011-11-08 06:23 -0800
      Re: Array of Integers ? "Scott Fluhrer" <sfluhrer@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-11-08 10:08 -0500
      Re: Array of Integers ? Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2011-11-08 16:25 +0100
        Re: Array of Integers ? bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2011-11-08 15:39 +0000
        Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-08 13:48 -0800
          Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-09 19:34 -0800
      Re: Array of Integers ? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-08 06:59 -0800
      Re: Array of Integers ? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-08 22:48 +0100
    Re: Array of Integers ? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 07:12 -0800
      Re: Array of Integers ? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-08 11:49 -0500
      Re: Array of Integers ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-08 12:13 -0500
      Re: Array of Integers ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-08 21:45 +0000
        Re: Array of Integers ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-08 16:48 -0500
          Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-08 14:25 -0800
          Re: Array of Integers ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-08 22:42 +0000
        Re: Array of Integers ? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 12:01 +0200
          Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-10 03:14 -0800
            Re: Array of Integers ? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 17:41 +0200
              Re: Array of Integers ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-10 16:44 +0000
                Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-10 10:59 -0800
                Re: Array of Integers ? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 17:49 +0200
      Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-08 14:00 -0800
        Re: Array of Integers ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-09 00:57 +0000
          Re: Array of Integers ? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-09 00:05 -0500
            Re: Array of Integers ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-09 11:06 +0000
              Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-09 13:36 -0800
                Re: Array of Integers ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-25 00:45 -0800
                Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-25 02:56 -0800
              Re: Array of Integers ? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-11-09 18:34 -0500
                Re: Array of Integers ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-10 00:57 +0000
          Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-08 22:14 -0800
            Re: Array of Integers ? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-25 01:46 -0800
  Re: Array of Integers ? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-08 01:39 -0800
    Re: Array of Integers ? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-08 14:05 -0800
  Re: Array of Integers ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-08 06:19 -0500

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