Element count of an array in C++

Question

Let\'s say I have an array arr. When would the following not give the number of elements of the array: sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0])?

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Answer 1

_countof(my_array) in MSVC

I can thing of only one case: the array contains elements that are of different derived types of the type of the array.

Elements of an array in C++ are objects, not pointers, so you cannot have derived type object as an element.

And like mentioned above, sizeof(my_array) (like _countof() as well) will work just in the scope of array definition.