C Code

/*
compile:
	gcc 2d_array_test_new.c -o 2d_array_test_new.out -std=c99 -O0 -Wall
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int create_matrix(size_t, size_t, int**);

int main(void)
{
	int height = 10;
	int width = 10;

	int (*matrix)[height][width] = NULL;
	if (-1 == create_matrix(height, width, &matrix))
	{
		perror("create_matrix() failed");
	}
	else
	{
		for (size_t row = 0; row < height; row++)
		{
			for (size_t col = 0; col < width; col++)
			{
				printf("%d, " , (*matrix)[row][col]);
			}
		printf("\n");
		}
	}

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

int create_matrix(size_t rows, size_t cols, int(**a)[rows][cols])
{
	int result = 0;
	int errno;

	if (NULL == a)
	{
		result = -1;
		errno = EINVAL;
	}
	else
	{
		(*a) = malloc(sizeof **a);
		if (NULL == (*a))
		{
			result = -1;
		}
		else
		{
			for (size_t row = 0; row < rows; row++)
			{
				for (size_t col = 0; col < cols; col++)
				{
					(**a)[row][col] = row * cols + col;
				}
			}

			for (size_t row = 0; row < rows; row++)
			{
				for (size_t col = 0; col < cols; col++)
				{
					printf("%d, " , (**a)[row][col]);
				}
			printf("\n");
			}
		}
	}

	return result;
}