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[–] [email protected] 87 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

You would think so, but int* a, b is actually eqivalent to int* a; int b, so the asterisk actually does go with the name. Writing int* a, *b is inconsistent, so int *a, *b is the way to go.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago

Yeah, and I'd say that's a design flaw of the language as it is unintuitive behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When people say “pointers are hard”, they mean “I have no idea where the star goes and now an ampersand is also implicated”.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's the part where you give up and randomly shove/unshove symbols in until the code works.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I've definitely never been guilty of this. /s

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

While technically true, that's also one of the worst 'features' of the language and I personally consider it a bug in the language. Use two lines and make it clear and correct.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Don't declare more than 1 pointer per line. This resolves that, badly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Alright, I'll never, ever write something this way now. Good to know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

This is true in C, but not in D.