[gameprogrammer] Re: A Note on C Programming Style

On 5/5/05, Chris Nystrom <cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
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> Here is a small rant on C programming style from my blog, that some
> beginners might find useful:
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[snip]
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> For this reason, I believe it would be better to write pointer definition=
s:
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>   char* p;
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> Note that the space is now between the * and the pointer name, and
> also that the change has no effect on the code itself.
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[/snip]

Although you make a valid point here, there is one thing that I think
needs to be noted about this type of notation... It can be misleading
if you are declaring multiple variables. For instance:

char* p, q;

Would mean, one pointer of type char and one char variable. I know
that it would be bad style to declare these two as such, but when you
put the * close to the type, I can see it leading to this type of
error later. That's normally why I put the * by the variable name
rather than the variable type.


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