[gameprogrammer] Re: A Note on C Programming Style

Wes you are the only person that i have talked to that sees the value
of char *p instead of char* p.

my hat is off to you (:

On 5/5/05, Wes Wannemacher <techgeek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/5/05, Chris Nystrom <cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=3D20
> > Here is a small rant on C programming style from my blog, that some
> > beginners might find useful:
> >=3D20
> [snip]
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> > For this reason, I believe it would be better to write pointer definiti=
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> s:
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> >   char* p;
> >=3D20
> > Note that the space is now between the * and the pointer name, and
> > also that the change has no effect on the code itself.
> >=3D20
> [/snip]
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> 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:
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> char* p, q;
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> 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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