Passing array to a function (and why it does not work in C++)

Question

I have come across some C code that compiles, but I do not understand why. Specifically, I have a C library that has a lot of code using this format:

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Answer 1

The reason it works in C, but not in C++ is simply because it's C code and not C++. The two languages share a history, not a grammar.

The C++ method to pass variable-sized arrays is std::vector, probably by reference if you intend to modify the vector in the function, or by const reference if you don't.