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minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 days agoThat’s why you write int *x, y, **z; C doesn’t write like “x is an int-pointer”, rather it says “dereferencing x will get you an int”.
minus-squareanotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days ago100% and why I think int* should be at the least a compiler warning, perhaps an outright error with pedantic enabled.
That’s why you write
int *x, y, **z;
C doesn’t write like “x is an int-pointer”, rather it says “dereferencing x will get you an int”.
100% and why I think
int*should be at the least a compiler warning, perhaps an outright error with pedantic enabled.