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The name of an array serves as a reference to the start address of the array and thus to the first element of the array. If the array is fixed length and within the scope of its declaration, the compiler can determine its length from the name alone. However, when an array name is passed to a function, it implicitly converts to a pointer and the size information is lost. thus the size must be passed as a separate argument. The only general purpose exceptions supported by the standard library are null-terminated character arrays (C-style strings) and null-terminated arrays of C-style strings (terminated by a double-null).

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