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

On 16/08/2024 19:56, Keith Thompson wrote:

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]

In C++, you can't pass arrays as parameters at all - the language
inherited C's handling of arrays.  You can, of course, pass objects of
std::array<> type by value or by reference, just like any other class
types.

 #include <cassert>
 typedef int array42[42];
 void func(array42& param) {
     assert(sizeof param == 42 * sizeof(int));
}
 int main() {
     array42 arg = { };
     func(arg);
}
 I suggest that this is not the best place to discuss the nuances of C++.
 

Perhaps it is not the best place - but I learned something new about C++ here, so thank you for that!