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Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures...

From Bartc <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures...
Date 2015-02-09 10:10 +0000
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On 09/02/2015 09:29, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 09/02/15 02:53, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> OK, but say you do:
>>
>> int a[3][3];
>>
>> int (*b)[3]={a[0], a[1], a[3]};
>
> ...you have an illegal access of a non-existent array, a[3]. But let's
> assume you meant a[2].

Actually the whole initialisation is illegal. b is a single pointer not 
an array of 3.

>> You can now reference either
>>
>> a[i][j] or b[i][j], but the code generated for a and b access
>> will be very different.  a is accessed like a 2D array, where
>> b is accessed as an array of pointers to arrays.
>
> a[i][j] is equivalent to * ( *(a + i) + j)
>
> b[i][j] is equivalent to * ( *(b + i) + j)
>
> Perhaps you would be kind enough to point out the difference?

This is exactly my point.

If trying to learn about how pointers work, it doesn't help that after 
setting up your data structures either using or not using pointers, that 
the resulting expressions to access them are exactly the same.

(Maybe then stick to pointers to scalars or structs for learning, where 
the use of such data in expressions mirrors their declarations. Remember 
that was the big deal about C's famously convoluted type-decl syntax?)

 > Perhaps you would be kind enough to point out the difference?

The difference lies here, in the declarations:

 >> int a[3][3];
 >>
 >> int (*b)[3];

And also in the code that is generated as glen said.

-- 
Bartc

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Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... jeffkrob16@gmail.com - 2015-02-03 09:33 -0800
  Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-02-03 17:59 +0000
  Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-02-03 13:01 -0500
  Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-02-03 10:49 -0800
  Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2015-02-03 18:54 +0000
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  Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... jeffkrob16@gmail.com - 2015-02-04 10:53 -0800
    Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-02-04 11:21 -0800
    Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-02-04 19:32 +0000
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        Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 04:06 +0000
          Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-02-05 10:36 +0000
            Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-05 10:59 +0000
            Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-05 11:03 +0000
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                Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-02-09 10:10 +0000
                Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-09 11:24 +0000
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                Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-09 17:56 +0000
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                Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-02-09 11:43 +0000
                Re: Fortran Guy Learning C - Structures... glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-02-10 02:13 +0000
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