Use Pointer Arithmetic Instead of Address Arithmetic

In general, using pointer arithmetic works better than address arithmetic because pointer arithmetic is independent of the data model, whereas address arithmetic might not be. It usually leads to simpler code as well.

Example 4-6

int *end;
int *p;
p = malloc(4 * NUM_ELEMENTS);
end = (int *)((unsigned int)p + 4 * NUM_ELEMENTS);

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warning: conversion of pointer loses bits

Suggested use:

int *end; 
int *p;
p = malloc(sizeof (*p) * NUM_ELEMENTS);
end = p + NUM_ELEMENTS;