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From: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: type *var -- vs. -- type* var
Message-ID: <4321@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 8 Sep 89 19:47:23 GMT
References: <4201@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <29048@news.Think.COM>
Reply-To: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
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In article <29048@news.Think.COM> barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) writes:
=>
=>That's because "*" binds more tightly than ",".  If you want to force
=>a particular grouping, use parentheses:
=>
=>	(int *) x, y, z
=>
Warning: Stupid Question Follows.

   How does the compiler distinguish between the above and a cast and two
comma operators?
					Gary Duzan
					Time  Lord
				    Third Regeneration




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