Because as Linus stated: "array arguments in C don't actually exist" The bracket notation ex: myarray[2] is actually just a sugar syntax for: * (myarray+2) An

Because as Linus stated: "array arguments in C don't actually exist" The bracket notation ex: myarray[2] is actually just a sugar syntax for: * (myarray+2) An array is nothing more than an address and a (hopefully) know length. Not really a "data structure" or object by no means. You could definitely roll your own though with something like: struct { char * arr, int size } my_struct; for(int i = 0; i < my_struct.size; i++){ printf('%x', my_struct.arr[i]); } ect,