vectorならiteratorにしてもいいと思う
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
template<class T>int sum(const T begin, const T end) {
int acc = 0;
for(T i = begin; i != end; ++i){acc+=*i;}
return acc;
}
int main() {
int a[] = {1,2,3};
const size_t s = sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]);
vector<int> v(a, a + s);
cout << sum(a, a + s - 1) << endl;
cout << sum(v.begin(), v.begin() + (v.size() - 1)) << endl;
return 0;
}