BTW, the type bar is defined as

typedef struct bar bar;

On Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 12:10:50 AM UTC+8, T L wrote:
>
> The FAQ, http://c-faq.com/aryptr/aryptrparam.html and 
> http://c-faq.com/aryptr/aryparmsize.html
> says "bool foo(bar bars[2]);" <=> "bool foo(bar bars[]);" <=> bool 
> foo(bar* bars);
> So I think if "bool foo(bar* bars);" compiles ok, then should also "bool 
> foo(bar bars[2]);. 
>
> On Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 12:05:08 AM UTC+8, Jan Mercl wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 2:15 PM T L <tapi...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>>
>> > But it is a pointer parameter, though it looks like an array. 
>>
>> Yes, a pointer to an incomplete type. The compiler thus does not know 
>> how to compute address of bars[x] as that translates to bars + 
>> x*sizeof(bar). 
>>
>

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