Re: Code review requested

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Code review requested
Date	2012-09-24 12:52 -0700
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"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> (Except that a pointer typedef could help avoid the error where you type
> int* a,b,c instead of int *a,*b,*c. I'm writing a bit of C at the minute and
> this dilemma constantly crops up: does the "*" belong with the type, or with
> the identifier being declared?
[...]

A good solution to that is to declare each object on a line by itself:

    int *a;
    int *b;
    int *c;

Then, at least for this relatively simple case, it doesn't matter
whether you write "int *a;" or "int* a;".

I prefer "int *a;" myself, partly because it reflects the language
grammar.  What it really means is that "*a" is of type "int"; it
follows from that that "a" is of type "int*".  (And yes, that's an
odd way to construct a declaration, and not the way I would have
defined it, but that's the language.)

(Most C++ programmers seem to prefer "int* a;", probably because
Stroustrup uses that form in his books.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
    Will write code for food.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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Code review requested bart.vandewoestyne@gmail.com - 2012-09-20 02:27 -0700
  Re: Code review requested Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-09-20 11:44 +0100
    Re: Code review requested Bart Vandewoestyne <bart.vandewoestyne@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 08:30 -0700
      Re: Code review requested Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-09-20 16:48 +0100
        Re: Code review requested Bart Vandewoestyne <bart.vandewoestyne@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 13:38 -0700
        Re: Code review requested Bart Vandewoestyne <MyFirstName.MyLastName@telenet.be> - 2012-09-20 23:00 +0200
      Re: Code review requested ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 09:02 -0700
        Re: Code review requested Bart Vandewoestyne <MyFirstName.MyLastName@telenet.be> - 2012-09-20 23:13 +0200
          Re: Code review requested Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-09-22 22:16 +0000
        Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-20 16:54 -0700
          Re: Code review requested ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 12:10 -0700
          Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-23 12:47 +0200
            Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-23 03:54 -0700
            Re: Code review requested "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-09-23 14:07 +0100
            Re: Code review requested Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2012-09-23 15:13 -0700
              Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-23 15:39 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 10:46 +1200
                Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-23 17:30 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 14:05 +1200
                Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-24 00:26 -0700
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 11:03 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 09:16 -0700
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 18:25 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-25 04:49 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-25 07:41 +1200
                Re: Code review requested James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-09-24 15:50 -0400
                Re: Code review requested Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-25 09:30 +1200
                Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-24 12:45 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-24 16:10 -0700
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-25 09:02 +0200
                Re: Code review requested "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-09-24 10:47 +0100
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 13:41 +0200
                Re: Code review requested "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-09-24 13:40 +0100
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 15:31 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-09-24 15:14 +0100
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 17:40 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-09-24 18:11 +0100
                Re: Code review requested Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-24 11:13 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-09-24 20:52 +0100
                Re: Code review requested "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-09-24 16:22 +0100
                Re: Code review requested Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 16:46 +0100
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 18:22 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-24 12:52 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-24 13:59 -0700
                Re: Code review requested David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-09-24 08:43 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-23 16:03 -0700
                Re: Code review requested Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 11:10 +1200
        Re: Code review requested Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-24 00:49 -0700
      Re: Code review requested Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-21 07:19 +1200
        Re: Code review requested Bart Vandewoestyne <bart.vandewoestyne@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 13:29 -0700
          Re: Code review requested ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 13:48 -0700
            Re: Code review requested James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-09-20 17:09 -0400
              Re: Code review requested ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 14:52 -0700
                Re: Code review requested James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-09-20 18:48 -0400
                Re: Code review requested Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 09:53 +0200
                Re: Code review requested Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-10-01 07:43 -0400
                Re: Code review requested ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-09-21 08:55 -0700
          Re: Code review requested Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-20 16:59 -0400
            Re: Code review requested hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-09-20 17:39 -0700
          Re: Code review requested Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-09-20 23:23 +0100
            Re: Code review requested Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-20 16:48 -0700
          Re: Code review requested David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2012-10-11 03:01 -0400
            Re: Code review requested Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-10-11 02:15 -0700

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