Index Notation - C Implementation Details

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In the C programming language, we can write the above as *(base + i) (pointer form) or base (array indexing form), which is exactly equivalent because the C standard defines the array indexing form as a transformation to pointer form. Coincidentally, since pointer addition is commutative, this allows for obscure expressions such as 3 which is equivalent to base.

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