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From: ftw@datacube.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C Declarations
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Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 13:59:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 13:59:00 1987
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nfrost@watdcsu.UUCP writes:

> Help! I'm having trouble with declarations in C.

Not surprising.  They can be, uh, terse ;-)

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Can you get comp.sources.misc?  You might look in there for a program called
"cdecl".  cdecl is an interactive program that takes command of the form:

explain char (*signal())()

which would print the result:

declare signal as function returning pointer to function returning char

You could also type in the above response as a command to cdecl, and it will
print out the corresponding C declaration.

Some folks would be quick to point out that I have declared signal incorrectly.
This is because the version of cdecl that I have doesn't yet understand void
types.

Cdecl is a wonderful program for learning to understand how to compose and
decompose a C declaration.  Send me E-mail if you can't get comp.sources.misc



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