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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: technology discussion =?UTF-8?B?4oaS?= does the world need a
 "new" C ?
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 05:55:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:23:47 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:46:38 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> No, arrays are not pointers.
>>
>> Except array indexing is designed to be indistinguishable from pointer
>> arithmetic.
> 
> No, arrays are not pointers.

Can you point out any situation where this construct

    &a[b]

might be valid, but this

    (a + b)

(with the same declarations of “a” and “b”) might not?