type *var -- vs. -- type* var
Chris Torek
chris at mimsy.UUCP
Sat Sep 9 14:09:32 AEST 1989
In article <29048 at news.Think.COM> barmar at think.COM (Barry Margolin) writes:
>They are equivalent. The "*" is a separate token, and whitespace
>between tokens is not significant.
Right.
>> int* x, y, z;
>>is equivalent to
>> int *x, y, z;
(which is why I, for one, will not use the former layout).
>That's because "*" binds more tightly than ",". If you want to force
>a particular grouping, use parentheses:
>
> (int *) x, y, z
Nice idea, but you had better go read a C BNF. Parentheses are not
permitted there. You can, however, use typedef:
typedef int *pointer_to_int;
pointer_to_int x, y, z;
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