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Re: C array descriptor

From Segfaults R Us <seg4u@segue.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: C array descriptor
Date 2014-06-25 08:45 +0000
Organization solani.org
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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.

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C array descriptor Roger Levy <roger.levy@gmail.com> - 2014-06-24 19:45 -0700
  Re: C array descriptor Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-06-25 03:23 -0500
    Re: C array descriptor Segfaults R Us <seg4u@segue.org> - 2014-06-25 08:45 +0000
    Re: C array descriptor Roger Levy <roger.levy@gmail.com> - 2014-06-25 07:03 -0700
    Re: C array descriptor "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-25 18:13 -0400
      Re: C array descriptor Roger Levy <roger.levy@gmail.com> - 2014-06-25 17:03 -0700
      Re: C array descriptor Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-06-26 08:12 +0200
        Re: C array descriptor "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-26 18:07 -0400
          Re: C array descriptor Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-06-27 07:50 +0200
      Re: C array descriptor Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-06-26 04:10 -0500
        Re: C array descriptor "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-26 18:07 -0400
          Re: C array descriptor bruce.mcfarling@gmail.com - 2014-06-26 22:14 -0700
          Re: C array descriptor Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-06-27 03:39 -0500
            Re: C array descriptor Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 03:32 -0700
              Re: C array descriptor Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-06-27 06:00 -0500
                Re: C array descriptor Roger Levy <roger.levy@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 07:34 -0700
                Re: C array descriptor bruce.mcfarling@gmail.com - 2014-06-27 09:42 -0700
                Re: C array descriptor Roger Levy <roger.levy@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 09:51 -0700
                Re: C array descriptor bruce.mcfarling@gmail.com - 2014-06-27 15:32 -0700
        Re: C array descriptor Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-06-27 03:40 +0200

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