Array-size macro that rejects pointers
- by nneonneo
The standard array-size macro that is often taught is
#define ARRAYSIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]))
or some equivalent formation. However, this kind of thing silently succeeds when a pointer is passed in, and gives results that can seem plausible at runtime until things mysteriously fall apart.
It's all-too-easy to make this mistake: a…