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From: steve@groucho.ucar.edu (Steve Emmerson)
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Subject: Re: p[1] vs. *(p+1)
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Date: 2 Sep 90 17:13:54 GMT
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In <0901@sheol.UUCP> throopw@sheol.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:

>Or to try putting it another way, I think it is misleading to say that
>"adding one to p 'really' adds sizeof(*p) to p".  I disagree.  I say it
>"really" adds 1, and the result points at an element in the array into
>which p points which is offset exactly 1 array element from where p
>points.

Isn't the point moot if a conforming program can't tell the difference?

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