Re: technology discussion → does the world need a "new" C ?

On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 19:53:56 +0100, bart wrote:

On 06/07/2024 19:28, James Kuyper wrote:
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... an expression that has type "array of type" is
converted to an expression with type "pointer to type" that points to
the initial element of the array object ..." (6.3.2.1p3).

 
This is really, really pedantic. Even gcc doesn't get it right in that
case, because if I try and compile this:
 
     int a, b

Missing a semicolon?

     a[b];
 
it says:
 
   error: subscripted value is neither array nor pointer nor vector

Which is correct, since “a” is not an array of anything.

'Subscripting' I think we can agree is the same thing as 'indexing':
what those funny square brackets do.

It’s from mathematical usage, where selection of one from a sequence of
values is done with an actual subscript.