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Pointer decay is not a mistake. It is what allows to do int * p = arr, and looping on array element with p++. Keeping array type you would jump beyond the las

Pointer decay is not a mistake. It is what allows to do int * p = arr, and looping on array element with p++. Keeping array type you would jump beyond the last element at first iteration.

kaba0 2y ago
It is, an array and a pointer are different types. There could be ways to convert it to a pointer, but it shouldn’t happen at so many places, implicitly.
- teo_zero 2y ago
  Correct. A method to extract a pointer from an array already exists: int *p = &arr[0]; The mistake is to allow this: int *p = arr;
  - uecker 2y ago
    And yet, coding styles do not prohibit it and there is no compiler that has a warning.