Passing array as a pointer is definitely a mistake. Not only is the size of the container lost, dimensionality of the array is lost as well. That a pointer to

Passing array as a pointer is definitely a mistake. Not only is the size of the container lost, dimensionality of the array is lost as well. That a pointer to a pointer is syntactically the same as a pointer to a 2d array leads to a great deal of confusion in any codebase with a modicum of complexity. But likely neither of these is as big as letting void * represent any arbitrary construct, be it pointer or data structure or the universe itself. Finding references to void * in a codebase is akin to crossing the event horizon of a black hole.