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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Regarding assignment to struct
Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 13:53:10 -0700
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Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:
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> If you twant o pass an actual array to a function instead of a pointer to it,
> embedding it in a structure is the only way to do it. 

Yes, but that's not necessarily useful.  An array that's a member
of a struct can only be of a constant length (unless it's a flexible
array member, but that doesn't help).  Functions that work with
arrays typically need to deal with arrays of arbitrary length.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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