[LC++]Size of structure pointer/array

[Carlo Wood]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:29:11PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Assuming:
> 
> //////////////////////
> 
> struct int_struct {
> 	int a;
> 	int b;
> 	int c;
> };
> 
> void is_func(int_struct *i); // defined elsewhere
> 
> int_struct is[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};

Use

int_struct is[] = { {1,2,3}, {4,5,6}, {7,8,9} };

> 
> is_func(is);
> 	
> ////////////////////
> 
> When I pass "is" to the is_func() function, am I passing the whole array
> of structures, just a pointer to the first element, or what? The size of

Just a pointer.

> "is", when passed to the function (and measured inside the function) is
> the size of a pointer. But I'm concerned that I've passed more than that
> on the stack.
> 
> Paul

This is typical C coding however and should not be looked at by those on
this list that want to learn C++  ;) (then you'd use references and
vectors).

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Carlo Wood <carlo at alinoe.com>