V548. TYPE X[][] is not equivalent to TYPE **X. Consider inspecting type casting.

The analyzer detected a potential error related to an explicit type conversion. An array defined as "type Array[3][4]" is cast to type "type **". This type conversion is most likely to be meaningless.

Types "type[a][b]" and "type **" are different data structures. Type[a][b] is a single memory area that you can handle as a two-dimensional array. Type ** is an array of pointers referring to some memory areas.

Here is an example:

void Foo(char **names, size_t count)
{
  for(size_t i=0; i<count; i++)
    printf("%s\n", names[i]);
}

void Foo2()
{
  char names[32][32];
  ...
  Foo((char **)names, 32); //Crash
}

This is the correct code:

void Foo2()
{
  char names[32][32];
  ...
  char *names_p[32];
  for(size_t i=0; i<32; i++)
    names_p[i] = names[i];
  Foo(names_p, 32); //OK
}

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