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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need
 a "new" C ?
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:56:30 -0700
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]
> In C++, you can't pass arrays as parameters at all - the language
> inherited C's handling of arrays.  You can, of course, pass objects of
> std::array<> type by value or by reference, just like any other class
> types.

#include <cassert>

typedef int array42[42];

void func(array42& param) {
    assert(sizeof param == 42 * sizeof(int));
}

int main() {
    array42 arg = { };
    func(arg);
}

I suggest that this is not the best place to discuss the nuances of C++.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */