[Bug c/47143] warning about const multidimensional array as function parameter

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47143

--- Comment #3 from Igor <rogi at linuxmail dot org> 2011-01-01 13:16:39 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Not a bug.  The function parameters are of type "pointer to array[4] of const
> double" because const on an array type applies to the element type,
> recursively, and then the outermost array type, only, of a parameter of array
> type decays to a pointer, and the arguments passed are of type "pointer to
> array[4] of double" after array-to-pointer decay, and the only case where
> qualifiers are permitted to be added in assignment, argument passing etc. is
> qualifiers on the immediate pointer target, not those nested more deeply.

This was somewhat confusing to me. Did you mean that funcion expects:

pointer to array[4] of const doubles

and I am passing

pointer to const array[4] of doubles

instead?

This really seems pretty much teh same to me.

Correct me if I'm wrong please.