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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: type *var -- vs. -- type* var
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Date: 8 Sep 89 18:38:21 GMT
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In article <4201@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> SMITHJ@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
>	type* var;
>rather than
>	type *var;

They are equivalent.  The "*" is a separate token, and whitespace
between tokens is not significant.

>	int* x, y, z;
>is equivalent to
>	int *x, y, z;
>rather than
>	int *x, *y, *z;
>as would be intuitive (to me anyway).

That's because "*" binds more tightly than ",".  If you want to force
a particular grouping, use parentheses:

	(int *) x, y, z

Barry Margolin
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