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Subject: Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 15:30:01 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 11 May 2025 12:02:25 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> gabbled:
>double average(double values[static 4]) {
>	double total = 0.0;
>	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
>		total += values[i];
>	}
>	return  total / 3;
>}
>
>Without the "static 4", the compiler can only assume that it can access 
>up to 3 doubles from the "value" array.  But with "static 4", it knows 
>it is safe to read "values[3]" even though the code never needs to do 

Not sure I follow. C doesn't care if its safe or not, it'll just try and
read them anyway and if it can't and there's a memory leak or crash, well, 
tough luck mate. So I don't see why it would make a difference to the resulting
assembler.