From: Tom St Denis <stdenis AT compmore DOT net>
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Subject: Re: array casting
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:26:57 GMT
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In article <3A5F3FD0 DOT FA33C29B AT ma DOT tum DOT de>,
  Waldemar Schultz <schultz AT ma DOT tum DOT de> wrote:
> Tom St Denis schrieb:
> > You can't allocate int x[][2] in C.  It's invalid since the compiler doesn'ty
> > know how manythere are.
> what I intended of course allocte x[n][2] with n not constant, I did this
> before.

That's why you do

x = realloc(x, sizeof(int **) * newnumberofpointers).

(I think that's how realloc works...I never have used it though).

> > passing myfunc(int a[]) is bad form... instead myfunc(int *a) is clearer.
> I know, but that's the libraries prototype I have to live with.

Your lib blows :-)

Well see below.


> > BTW this is OT for this group.
> sorry about that, but I dared to ask, where the answers really could be given.

Sorry I am not a C guru, just ask in comp.lang.c and they should be able to
clear things up.

Tom


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