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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: type *var -- vs. -- type* var
Message-ID: <19489@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 89 04:09:32 GMT
References: <4201@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <29048@news.Think.COM>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <29048@news.Think.COM> barmar@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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