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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C problems
Message-ID: <13566@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 2 Jun 89 19:53:30 GMT
References: <29@<May> <236100015@mirror>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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In article <236100015@mirror> pat@mirror.TMC.COM writes:
>char **argv;      /* since you are learning it may be easier to understand
>                     this syntax better by defining it as:  char *argv[]  */

On the other hand, since this use of [] is a special case which exists nowhere
else in the language (it works *only* for formal arguments), it may be less
confusing to stick with "char **argv" after all.

(Just my opinion.  Decide for yourself.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint