alt Hacker NewsIn practice, the [static n] notation can give you useful warnings and bounds checking.
https://godbolt.org/z/PzcjW4zKK
And while the (*array_ptr)[3] notation take a moment to get used to, it is very logical. If you have a pointer to an array, you dereference it first and then indx into it. Again, useful for bounds checking: https://godbolt.org/z/ao1so9KP7
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kazinator • today at 2:38 AM
The parentheses in (*parray)[i] would be unnecessary if dereferencing used postfix notation.
Current: All postfix
*ptr[3] ptr[3]* // indexed access, then deref
(*ptr)[3] ptr*[3] // deref, then indexed access*➕ show 1 reply
I know of this notations but I don't see many people using [static n].
Not sure why, maybe it doesn't feel like C anymore, maybe it feels hacky?
typically if you're passed an array you'd want to get more anyway, so you'd get passed a struct. Not sure.