Re: where exactly c++,c fail and Ada gets thru'

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.not.jrcarter@acm.not.spam.org>]

Keith Thompson wrote:
> 
> I haven't looked at the coding standards document in question.
> Possibly it just forbids the use of array syntax to represent what's
> really a pointer parameter.  Forbidding pointer parameters would be a
> serious problem; much of the standard library does this, and it's the
> normal way to achieve the effect of passing an array.

It's also the source for Ritchie's observation that "C's solution to 
this [variable-sized array parameters] has real problems, and people who 
are complaining about safety definitely have a point."

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?"
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