On 29/09/2012 17:17, V G wrote:
> This is an opinion question. I am curious as to what you all think is a
> good way to do this:
>
> In C/C++, what is your preferred way or declaring pointers?
>
> A) int*    p;
> B) int    *p;
> C) int  *  p;
>
> I think it should be A because it's logical and the C/C++ compiler
> considersint*to be the type, and the syntax is<type> <identifier>;
>
> However, I see B a lot in code, and it doesn't make sense to me. Also,
> function prototypes are usually written like so:
>
> void myFunction(int*, int*, char*); with the asterisk close to the type.

There is no name here (which in a prototype is not necessary).  Another=20
place you see A include casts (int*), but once again that's without a name.

> Note that when doing this:
>
> int* x, y;
>
> Type type of x is int* whereas the type of y is int. To make the type of
> both of them int*, one must do:

For this exact reason my opinion is that your syntax B is the most=20
sensible and human readable.  I think that things which make code more=20
readable are far more important than those which make code "right".  The=20
compiler will work with either.

David
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