Re: Array size checks

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From: Dave Eisen
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 19:21

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In article <BxGnB6.5nt@dcs.ed.ac.uk> mikef@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Mike Fourman) writes:
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>int big_array[10] ;
>void function_using_small_array( int argument_array[5] ) ;
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>Do any compilers warn about this usage? Shouldn't they?
>

Yeah, I think they should. Because while what you wrote is
perfectly legal and standard C, it is probably not what you 
meant. Compilers are free to warn about anything they like,
as long as they generate correct code for these legal, but
dubious, constructs. 

I have no idea if in fact any compilers do warn about this 
usage.

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