Re: Question about passing by value

From: Andrey Tarasevich (andreytarasevich_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:43:57 -0700

Jack Klein wrote:
> ...
> If either C or C++ was ever changed to make bare arrays copyable, or
> passable to and returnable from functions, some new syntax would have
> to be developed, it couldn't be just by using the unadorned name of
> the array.

And why exactly is the reason for that, in your opinion? Backward
compatibility considerations that you mention later? Aside from that, I
don't see any other reason for any syntax changes.

> If the automatic conversion from array name to pointer to first
> element in function calls and return statements was ever changed, it
> would break 99% of all the C and C++ programs that have ever existed.

That's definitely true. 

-- 
Best regards,
Andrey Tarasevich

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