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[WalterBright]

> they are accessed using pointer arithmetic

Not always. Consider:

    int a[3];
    a[1] = 2;

This is not using pointer arithmetic. Dump the generated code if you don't believe me :-)

[quelsolaar → WalterBright]

Its still pointer arithmetic, its just done compile time rather then at execution. Still, you deserve style points :-)

[saagarjha → WalterBright]

Tell that to

  mov DWORD PTR [rsp - 8], 2