Re: "PORTING C" > Viewing an array in wathc window fails!
Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
Igor Tandetnik wrote:
You could mention array dimensions in the function definition:
int addNumbers(int fiveNumbers[5]) { ... }
This also tells anyone reading the code that the function expects an =
array
of exactly 5 elements.
Well, anyone but not anything, in particular not the compiler, which =
will
neither check nor even warn you if you supply more or less.
Yes, it's purely for self-documentation. I also hoped the debugger might =
pick it up and show five elements in the Watch window, but I haven't =
tested this hypothesis.
Another alternative, tell it to the function:
int addNumbers(int const* numbers, size_t size);
That wouldn't help with the debugger, would it? The original question =
was, how to view the array in the Watch window.
or maybe even:
template<size_t len>
int addNumbers(int numbers[len]);
It's a C program, not C++.
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