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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: typdef int *(il[8][8]);
Message-ID: <8901@alice.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 89 14:40:06 GMT
References: <JEFFB.89Feb10142923@grace.cs.washington.edu>
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C++ generally does not allow extra parentheses in declarations.
Since [] binds more tightly than unaries,

	typedef int *(il[8][8]);

is equivalent to

	typedef int *il[8][8];

which I expect your cfront will accept.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com