How to pass a constant array literal to a function that takes a pointer without using a variable C/C++?

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You can do it in C99 (but not ANSI C (C90) or any current variant of C++) with compound literals. See section 6.5.2.5 of the C99 standard for the gory details. Here’s an example:

// f is a static array of at least 4 floats
void foo(float f[static 4])
{
   ...
}

int main(void)
{
    foo((float[4]){1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f});  // OK
    foo((float[5]){1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f, 5.0f});  // also OK, fifth element is ignored
    foo((float[3]){1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f});  // error, although the GCC doesn't complain
    return 0;
}

GCC also provides this as an extension to C90. If you compile with -std=gnu90 (the default), -std=c99, or -std=gnu99, it will compile; if you compile with -std=c90, it will not.

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