From f23bbf19cd578d6aa2f9bf810db175e78936849d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Owen Gage Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 10:42:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Reword layout for arrays to reduce potential indexing confusion. --- src/type-layout.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/type-layout.md b/src/type-layout.md index bacd478e3..03f74a1de 100644 --- a/src/type-layout.md +++ b/src/type-layout.md @@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ at least equal to the size and alignment of a pointer. ## Array Layout -Arrays are laid out so that the `nth` element of the array is offset from the -start of the array by `n * the size of the type` bytes. An array of `[T; n]` -has a size of `size_of::() * n` and the same alignment of `T`. +An array of `[T; N]` has a size of `size_of::() * N` and the same alignment +of `T`. Arrays are laid out so that the zero-indexed `nth` element of the array +is offset from the start of the array by `n * size_of::()` bytes. ## Slice Layout