C's array type rules trip up even experienced developers
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A deep dive into why C's type system treats arrays differently than most programmers expect—they decay to pointers in function parameters, function return types can't actually be arrays, and syntax quirks make reasoning about them harder than it should be. Useful reference for anyone implementing C tooling, writing educational content, or just tired of C's inconsistencies.
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