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		trealira on Nov 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: As I retire, my goal now is to release 40+ years o... This is still true, and it's mandated by the ISO C standard that a[i] is equivalent to (*((a)+(i))) (yes, they specify it with that many parentheses). You're still able to compile code that treats a[i] and i[a] interchangeably. https://godbolt.org/z/37Kv44o1b > I had read this in some C book, maybe K&R or the Waite Group C Microsoft Bible. I haven't read the Microsoft C Bible, but it does say this in K&R while explaining pointers.

fuzztester on Nov 7, 2023 [–]

>This is still true, and it's mandated by the ISO C standard ...

Wow, good to know.

>but it does say this in K&R

Then that must be where I had read it.

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