type *var -- vs. -- type* var

[Jeff Lewis]

Regarding declarations of pointers x, y and z, and question of why
'int* x, y, z' doesn't do what's 'intuitive':

>That's because "*" binds more tightly than ",".  If you want to force
>a particular grouping, use parentheses:
>
>	(int *) x, y, z
>

'(int *) x' is a cast, not a declaration.  Compiling the above yields
errors about x, y and z being undeclared.  Because there's no explicit
separator between declarations and statements, you'll never be able
to declare pointers as such.  Isn't C syntax fun?

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Jeff Lewis (lewie at ee.ecn.purdue.edu, pur-ee!lewie)