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In this noncompliant code example, the function {{clear()}} zeros the elements in an array. The function has one parameter declared as {{int array\[\]}} and is passed a static array consisting of 12 {{int}} as the argument. The function {{clear()}} uses the idiom {{sizeof(array) / sizeof(array\[0\])}} to determine the number of elements in the array.  However, {{array}} has a pointer type because it is a parameter. As a result, {{sizeof(array)}} is equal to the {{sizeof(int \*)}}. For example, on an architecture (such as IA-32) where the {{sizeof(int) == 4}} and the {{sizeof(int *) == 4}}, the expression {{sizeof(array) / sizeof(array\[0\])}} evaluates to 1, regardless of the length of the array passed, leaving the rest of the array unaffected.