Re: Simple Pascal question

In article <v8uckf$1uf43$1@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 8/4/2024 9:58 PM, Dan Cross wrote:

In article <v8p87j$9ptm$3@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 8/4/2024 8:09 PM, Dan Cross wrote:

In article <v8o4h8$2ut3$1@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

Like:
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public class FlexArray {
      private static void dump(int[] a) {
          for(int v : a) {
              System.out.printf(" %d", v);
          }
          System.out.println();
      }
      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
          int[] a1 = { 1 };
          int[] a2 = { 1, 2 };
          int[] a3 = { 1, 2, 3 };
          dump(a1);
          dump(a2);
          dump(a3);
      }
}

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Java arrays are more like the aforementioned slices.

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I don't think so.
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Java does not have anything like slices.

 
An array in Java is a pointer and a length.  A slice is a
pointer and a length.

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An array in Java is an object containing data type, array
length and all the elements.
>
Which is not the same as a structure containing a
pointer to somewhere in another object and a length.

Like I said, you should go learn a little bit about
language design.  You're thinking is muddled with object
oriented paradigms, whether they apply or not.

- Dan C.