Thread: C passing an array of struct to delete one problems (from a newbie)

I know we can't... but we should be able to.

I think it's more than just tradition that stops this from happening. C programs never kept track of the size of arrays by themselves: if they did we could do what you want. And if you're going to standardize C's run time requirements that much, you should add a host of other things to it. You could do that now but it wouldn't be backwards compatible with older standards. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is something more important people have an opinion on. C's use case throughout its history is the reason it didn't change to be more like other languages that are about as old, like lisp, I think. I'm not exactly a purist, because I do know and use languages with useful run time environments, but we're not exactly "in charge" of the C language.

Originally Posted by whiteflags

I'm not exactly a purist, because I do know and use languages with useful run time environments, but we're not exactly "in charge" of the C language.

Now ain't that the truth!

If we could do "C with Strings" we'd have to rename it as a new language... C$$ ??