alt Hacker NewsA seasoned C programmer knows that "&arr[index]" is really just "arr + index" :) So in a sense, the optimizer rewrote "x + y" into "(int)&(((char*)x)[y])", which looks scarier in C, I admit.
A seasoned C programmer knows that "&arr[index]" is really just "arr + index" :) So in a sense, the optimizer rewrote "x + y" into "(int)&(((char*)x)[y])", which looks scarier in C, I admit.
The horrifying side effect of this is that "arr[idx]" is equal to "idx[arr]", so "5[arr]" is just as valid as "arr[5]".
Your colleagues would probably prefer if you forget this.