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   Lynn McGuire to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Is there a way in Fortran to designa   
   28 Oct 24 17:58:08   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/27/2024 4:01 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 08:05:47 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 21:38:38 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 11:51:42 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> The "parameter adjustment" above is explicitly listed as undefined   
   >>>>>> behavior, in annex J2 of n2596.pdf (for example):   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> "Addition or subtraction of a pointer into, or just beyond, an array   
   >>>>>> object and an integer type produces a result that does not point   
   >>>>>> into, or just beyond, the same array object (6.5.6)."   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Read it again: note the qualification “that does not point into, or   
   >>>>> just beyond, the same array object”. So long as it *does* point   
   >>>>> “into, or just beyond, the same array object”, it is fine.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What you are writing is equivalent to   
   >>>   
   >>> You don’t understand what pointer arithmetic means, do you?   
   >   
   > Hey, look! Somebody who doesn’t understand how pointer arithmetic works!   
      
   Are you 12 years old ?   
      
   Lynn   
      
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