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Re:Everything I wish I knew when learning C by ErikCorry on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @06:51AM (#33786394)
Really, are multidimensional arrays an important part of the language?

The above code looks like it's indexing into an array of pointers. If you want a flat array, make a few inlined helper functions that do the multiplying and adding. Your code will be much cleaner and easier to understand.

Re:Everything I wish I knew when learning C by Joker_vD on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:02AM (#33787661)
Of course multidimensional arrays are an important part of the language, just as the ability to have structs inside structs.

> The above code looks like it's indexing into an array of pointers. If you want a flat array, make a few inlined helper functions that do the multiplying and adding. Your code will be much cleaner and easier to understand.

It is a "flat" array already, not an array of pointers: [0]. No need to write the code that compiler generates for you already.

[0] https://godbolt.org/z/x3cPf3TvT

Re:Everything I wish I knew when learning C by ErikCorry on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:39AM (#33788129)
I am aware that it's flat already.
Re:Everything I wish I knew when learning C by int_19h on Friday December 02, 2022 @02:14PM (#33835329)
The code above does not mention any pointer types, so why would you assume that it's indexing into an array of pointers?

I can't think of any reason why get(a, i, j) is more readable than a[i][j].