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From: dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Contiguous Arrays
Message-ID: <2508@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 89 17:54:45 GMT
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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  Are ALL arrays in C contiguious?  If I declare an array:

  int  x[10];

  am I GUARANTEED that x[0] through x[9] will occupy contiguous memory,
  or is the compiler free to scatter the elements around in memory?

  I have a difficult time imagining implementing C without contiguous
  arrays, but is the compiler free to implement non-contiguous arrays
  if so desired?

  I have a hard time understanding how one could implement non-contiguous
  arrays, especially when you have functions such as strcpy().  

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