Passing sizes of arrays without a separate argument for the length

[Dave Jones]

 In article <8809191507.AA17512 at ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> U23405 at UICVM (Michael J. Steiner) writes:
)BEFORE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
)main()
){
)     char array[10];
)     ...
)     somefunc(array,10);
)}
)
)AFTER (MY IDEA) : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
)main()
){
)     char array[10];
)     ...
)     array[0] = 10;
)     somefunc(array);
)}
)

Try this:

typedef struct
{
  int size;
  char* contents;
}Var_array;


main()
{
  char contents[10];
  Var_array array;
  array.size = sizeof(contents);
  array.contents = contents;

  somefunc(array);
}

/* Works good. Lasts a long time. */