Re: "array"

On 2 Apr 2025 11:01:01 GMT, (Stefan Ram) wrote:

 Below, an array is allocated dynamically.
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
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int main( void )
{ char *array_pointer = malloc( 10 * sizeof *array_pointer );
 if( !array_pointer )return EXIT_FAILURE;
 *array_pointer = 'a';
 free( array_pointer ); }
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 But is it really an array according to the C spec?
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 C only defines "array type", not array, but it uses ISO/IEC 2382:2015
 as a normative reference, and ISO/IEC 2382:2015 says:

Im not one expert...

i consider one array one contiguos succession of elements, where
elements have the sama type

and array has no type

or has the type "array of lements type T"