me22 <me22.ca@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 2009/12/1 Sergei Organov <osv@xxxxxxxxx>: >> me22 <me22.ca@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> 2009/12/1 Sergei Organov <osv@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>> >>>> void boo(const int p[9]); >>>> >>>> You see? Use the second, simpler declaration, and you are OK. >>>> >>> >>> But then p is a pointer, not an array. >> >> But then in >> >> void foo(const int (* p)[9]); >> >> 'p' is also a pointer, not an array. >> > > Sorry; You're of course right. > > I should been less specific and more useful and said, "But then you > lose the size of the array". Yeah, you are right, I was under impression that the void boo(const int p[9]); declaration will prevent calling the boo() like this: int a[10]; boo(a); It does not. -- Sergei.