Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need a "new" C ? Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 21:56:47 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 24 Message-ID: <87h6cxx2sw.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> References: <871q48w98e.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87wmlzvfqp.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87h6d2uox5.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 06:56:48 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2ff96a67704e58776cf4f9c1dffac965"; logging-data="1871674"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19k1rPmdXoR8hM+VzTFd+eH" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xQYrCmbGwnLpIlNfa/wnqiJEK4o= sha1:dtE5aEL2J1EtUJeFYbRGynZ5CmA= Bytes: 2186 Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes: > On Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:38:14 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote: > >> BGB writes: >> >>> ... in the 1D case, an array can be seen as functionally an >>> implicitly defined pointer ... >> >> No, there is no implicitly defined pointer. >> >> ... >> >> If you evaluate the expression `array_object` in most contexts, it's >> implicitly converted to a pointer *value*, pointing to the 0th element >> of the array object. There is still no implicit pointer object. > > The OP said “pointer”, not “pointer object” or “pointer value”. Not sure > what hair you are trying to split here. Not sure what was unclear. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */