From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:28:39 +0100   
   Philipp Klaus Krause  wrote:   
      
   > Since C99 we have four types of array parameters:   
   >   
   > []   
   > [assignment-expression]   
   > [static assignment-expression]   
   > [*]   
   >   
   > But what is their meaning? They're all compatible, they all decay to   
   > pointers anyway. Only to [static assignment-expression] does the   
   > standard give a little bit of extra formal meaning, by making it UB   
   > when a too-short array is passed.   
   >   
   > They exist, they are different types, but the standard does not give   
   > them meaning (with the exception noted above). So people using them   
   > must have a motivation beyond what is explicitly stated in the   
   > standard, and thus an idea of what the meaning of these would or   
   > should be.   
   >   
   > Philipp   
   >   
      
   May be, The Standard could allow (or even recommend?) diagnostic for   
   code like below?   
   int foo(int prm[2])   
   {   
     return prm[2];   
   }   
      
   Other than that, there is hardly any meaning.   
      
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