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Re: Do all arrays have to have a pad byte after them?
- To: mrs at wrs dot com (Mike Stump)
- Subject: Re: Do all arrays have to have a pad byte after them?
- From: Hyman Rosen <hymie at prolifics dot com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 15:22:31 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com, hymie at jyacc dot com
- References: <199811132012.MAA08198@kankakee.wrs.com>
Mike Stump writes:
> The one that kicks is if they were dereferenced, but we can't do that
> so this doesn't apply. I think the wording has a bug in it, if it
> doesn't support my position.
The wording doesn't support your position, since it talks about
one-past-the-end pointers, which have valid and defined semantics,
but can't be dereferenced.