Passing an array as a function paramater

[kkk]

Hi,

is the code below OK?

#define ROWS 5
#define COLUMNS 6

int some_function(int arr[2][2]) // bounds not equal to the real bounds of the array being passed
{
   arr[4][3] = 65; //  Is this OK? Exceeds the bounds specified in the parameter but not the bounds of the "real" array being passed
}

int main()
{
   int array[ROWS][COLUMS];
   some_function(array);
}

[Inanna]

It should not compile. The first dimension decays into a pointer, but only the first dimension. You are passing int(*)[6] to a function expecting int(*)[2].

[Salem]

> int some_function(int arr[2][2]) // bounds not equal to the real bounds of the array being passed
Well if you had tried to compile it, you would have found that it wouldn't have compiled anyway.

At the very least, all the minor dimensions would have to agree with the array you're passing, so
int some_function(int arr[2][COLUMNS])

The major dimension is optional to begin with, and ignored by the compiler.
So you could have also said
int some_function(int arr[][COLUMNS])