Converting FORTRAN to C

[Norman Diamond]

> There is at least one excellent reason, commonly used in C, for referencing
> beyond the bounds of an array.  It is this:
> 
> #define	ARRAYSIZE	200
> 
> type_t array[ARRAYSIZE];
> 
> ...
> 
>     type_t *p;
> 
>     for (p = array; p < &array[ARRAYSIZE]; p++)
> 	...

&array[ARRAYSIZE] does not reference any part of the array.  However, after
the loop is exited due to the stated condition, if code dereferences p (i.e.
uses *p), THEN the code is referencing beyond the array bounds and is broken
and should not be of concern to language translators.

-- Norman Diamond

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