That's true, until you forget and type foo[i] instead of (* foo)[i]. Of course, compilers will usually catch that mistake at compile time...
There'a an interesting analogy with structs here. K&R invented the -> operator specifically to obviate (* ptr).member. It's too bad that arrays took a different route through C's history and didn't manage to end up in a place where a similar convenience would make sense.
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That's true, until you forget and type foo[i] instead of (* foo)[i]. Of course, compilers will usually catch that mistake at compile time...
There'a an interesting analogy with structs here. K&R invented the -> operator specifically to obviate (* ptr).member. It's too bad that arrays took a different route through C's history and didn't manage to end up in a place where a similar convenience would make sense.