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diff --git a/docs/user-guide/02-conventional-features.md b/docs/user-guide/02-conventional-features.md index fe0fdb854..bd8f0435c 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide/02-conventional-features.md +++ b/docs/user-guide/02-conventional-features.md @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ In some cases the element count is then inferred from the initial value of a var int a[] = { 1, 2, 3 }; ``` -In other cases, the result is a _runtime-sized_ array, where the actual element count will be determined later: +In other cases, the result is a _unsized_ array, where the actual element count will be determined later: ```hlsl // the type of `b` is `int[]` @@ -119,6 +119,46 @@ void f( int b[] ) { ... } ``` +It is allowed to pass a sized array as argument to an unsized array parameter when calling a function. + +Array types has a `getCount()` memeber function that returns the length of the array. + +```hlsl +int f( int b[] ) +{ + return b.getCount(); // Note: all arguments to `b` must be resolvable to sized arrays. +} + +void test() +{ + int arr[3] = { 1, 2, 3 }; + int x = f(arr); // OK, passing sized array to unsized array parameter, x will be 3. +} +``` + +Please note that if a function calls `getCount()` method on an unsized array parameter, then all +calls to that function must provide a sized array argument, otherwise the compiler will not be able +to resolve the size and will report an error. The following code shows an example of valid and +invalid cases. + +```hlsl +int f( int b[] ) +{ + return b.getCount(); +} +int g( int b[] ) +{ + return f(b); // transitive calls are allowed. +} +uniform int unsizedParam[]; +void test() +{ + g(unsizedParam); // Not OK, `unsizedParam` doesn't have a known size at compile time. + int arr[3]; + g(arr); // OK. +} +``` + There are more limits on how runtime-sized arrays can be used than on arrays of statically-known element count. > #### Note #### |
