p[1] vs. *(p+1)

[Steve Emmerson]

In <0901 at sheol.UUCP> throopw at 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?

Steve Emmerson        steve at unidata.ucar.edu        ...!ncar!unidata!steve