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.
Yeah, and I'd say that's a design flaw of the language as it is unintuitive behaviour.
When people say “pointers are hard”, they mean “I have no idea where the star goes and now an ampersand is also implicated”.
That's the part where you give up and randomly shove/unshove symbols in until the code works.
I've definitely never been guilty of this. /s
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.
Don't declare more than 1 pointer per line. This resolves that, badly.
Alright, I'll never, ever write something this way now. Good to know.
You would think so, but
int* a, bis actually eqivalent toint* a; int b, so the asterisk actually does go with the name. Writingint* a, *bis inconsistent, soint *a, *bis the way to go.Yeah, and I'd say that's a design flaw of the language as it is unintuitive behaviour.
When people say “pointers are hard”, they mean “I have no idea where the star goes and now an ampersand is also implicated”.
That's the part where you give up and randomly shove/unshove symbols in until the code works.
I've definitely never been guilty of this. /s
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.
Don't declare more than 1 pointer per line. This resolves that, badly.
Alright, I'll never, ever write something this way now. Good to know.
This is true in C, but not in D.