Contiguous Arrays

[Andrew Koenig]

In article <2508 at ssc-vax.UUCP>, dmg at ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
> 
>   Are ALL arrays in C contiguious?  If I declare an array:
> 
>   int  x[10];
> 
>   am I GUARANTEED that x[0] through x[9] will occupy contiguous memory,
>   or is the compiler free to scatter the elements around in memory?

You are guaranteed that if you say

	int *p;

	p = &x[k];		/* 0 <= k < 9 */
	p++;

then p now points to x[k+1].  It is possible to execute `p++' in
a separately compiled routine.

For that reason it's hard to see how a C implementation could possibly
do anything but put x in contiguous memory.
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				--Andrew Koenig
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