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Animats 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Checked-size array parameters in C

But only for constant size arrays.

You could just declare

    struct Nonce {
        char nonce_data[SIZE_OF_NONCE];
    }

and pass those around to get roughly the same effect.

jjgreen 7 months ago [–]

Cracked me up the first time I saw "nonce" used like this: https://www.slangsphere.com/what-is-nonce-in-british-slang/

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