Why can't I pass constant arrays as arguments?

我是研究僧i 提交于 2019-12-17 16:44:39

问题


In C, why can't I do this:

arrayfn({1.0, 2.0, 3.0});

if arrayfn is some function that takes in one parameter of type double[] or double*, whichever. Trying this gives me a syntax error.

Is there a way that I could achieve something in C like this - generating and immediately passing an array known at compile time - that avoids having to spend a line of code pre-declaring and filling it?


回答1:


Short answer: You need to make use of a compound literal. Something like

 arrayfn( (double[]) {1.0, 2.0, 3.0} );

should do the job.


Some explanation

Coming to the part, why arrayfn({1.0, 2.0, 3.0}); did not work, because, without the syntax for compound literals, {1.0, 2.0, 3.0} is a brace enclosed initializer list. It does not denote an "object" which can be used as function argument. They are not "constant arrays", as you may have thought.

To add some more info, quoting C11, chapter §6.5.2.5, Compound literals

A postfix expression that consists of a parenthesized type name followed by a brace-enclosed list of initializers is a compound literal. It provides an unnamed object whose value is given by the initializer list.



来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36797540/why-cant-i-pass-constant-arrays-as-arguments

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