Added a regression test for pointer-to-array dereferences.

test/val/pointed-array.c

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+/*
+** !!DESCRIPTION!! Simple tests of pointer-to-array dereferences
+** !!ORIGIN!!      cc65 regression tests
+** !!LICENCE!!     Public Domain
+** !!AUTHOR!!      2015-06-29, Greg King
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static unsigned char failures = 0;
+static size_t Size;
+
+typedef unsigned char array_t[4][4];
+
+static array_t table = {
+    {12, 13, 14, 15},
+    { 8,  9, 10, 11},
+    { 4,  5,  6,  7},
+    { 0,  1,  2,  3}
+};
+static array_t *tablePtr = &table;
+
+static unsigned (*vector)[2];
+
+static unsigned char y = 0, x;
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    /* The indirection must convert the expression-type (from Pointer into
+    ** Array); but, it must not convert the value, because it already points
+    ** to the start of the array.
+    */
+    /* (Note:  I reduce output clutter by using a variable to prevent
+    ** compiler warnings about constant comparisons and unreachable code.
+    */
+    if ((Size = sizeof *tablePtr) != sizeof table) {
+        ++failures;
+    }
+    if (*tablePtr != table) {
+        ++failures;
+    }
+
+    /* Test fetching. */
+    do {
+        x = 0;
+        do {
+            if ((*tablePtr)[y][x] != table[y][x]) {
+                ++failures;
+                printf("(*tableptr)[%u][%u] (%u) != table[%u][%u] (%u).\n",
+                       y, x, (*tablePtr)[y][x],
+                       y, x, table[y][x]);
+            }
+        } while (++x < sizeof table[0]);
+    } while (++y < sizeof table / sizeof table[0]);
+    
+    vector = (unsigned (*)[])table[1];
+    if ((*vector)[1] != 0x0B0A) {
+	++failures;
+    }
+
+    /* Test storing. */
+    (*tablePtr)[2][1] = 42;
+    if (table[2][1] != 42) {
+        ++failures;
+        printf("table[2][1] == %u (should have changed from 5 to 42).\n",
+               table[2][1]);
+    }
+    x = 3;
+    y = 1;
+    (*tablePtr)[y][x] = 83;
+    if (table[1][3] != 83) {
+        ++failures;
+        printf("table[y][x] == %u (should have changed from 11 to 83).\n",
+               table[1][3]);
+    }
+
+    /* Test triple indirection.  It should compile to two indirection
+    ** operations.
+    */
+    --***tablePtr;
+    if (**table != 11) {
+        ++failures;
+        printf("**table == %u (should have changed from 12 to 11).\n",
+               table[0][0]);
+    }
+
+    if (failures != 0) {
+        printf("failures: %u\n", failures);
+    }
+    return failures;
+}