Well yes, but those aren't hard. Pointer arithmetic is merely knowing that any a...

Sohcahtoa82 on Nov 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Everything I wish I knew when learning C

Well yes, but those aren't hard.

Pointer arithmetic is merely knowing that any addition/subtraction done to a pointer is multiplied by the size of the type being pointed to. So if you're pointing to a 64-byte struct, then "ptr++;" adds 64 to the pointer.

int_19h on Dec 2, 2022 [–]

Typed pointers interact with aliasing in "interesting" ways.