Paradox due to A7.1 Pointer generation rule

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From: Vishv Malhotra
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:48

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In the following function a++; is acceptable but b++; is not.

	void foo(int a[20]) {
		int b[20];

		a++;
		b++;
	}

I understand the reason, but I wish to know if there is any thought
on elimination the anomaly?

Perhaps, I should state my problem more clearly, in K&R on page 115
where command line arguments are being explained the diagram for argv
corresponds to the declaration

	char *(*argv)[]

I have never seen such a declaration! Nor does this seem to work on
my compiler. Is the diagram on page 115 not true representation of
ANSI C standard?

Vishv
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Vishv Malhotra
vmm@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au

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