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  Re: 99 lines of C++ for an unbiased ray tracer  
From: Warp
Date: 14 Jan 2010 15:37:52
Message: <4b4f809f@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >   Since sizeof() of an array returns the total amount of bytes taken by
> > an array, if you divide it by the amount of bytes of one element, you get
> > the total number of elements.

> This is plain. What surprises me is that sizeof() can give you an 
> accurate size in the first place.

  Why wouldn't it? The compiler has to know the size of the array if it
wants to allocate it in memory.

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                                                          - Warp


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