Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Address of Array Message-ID: <6771@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 01:36:07 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6771 Posted: Wed Dec 2 01:36:07 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 09:07:50 EST References: <126@citcom.UUCP> <2550034@hpisod2.HP.COM> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 9 In article <2550034@hpisod2.HP.COM> decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes: >However, I propose ... >In order to declare a formal parameter of an array type, one >would have to supply the dimension in the brackets, ... The X3J11 committee considered fixing the design of arrays in C to be full-fledged data object types, but soon realized that doing so would invalidate mountains of existing code. Feel free to fix it when you design la)) { never