[haiku-development] Re: coding style
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:27:33 +0100
On 2008-03-03 at 12:32:41 [+0100], Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Marcus Overhagen wrote:
>
> >> * use "char* variable" instead of "char *variable" in C++ code
> >
> > I disagree with that one. The * belongs to the variable, not to the
> > type.
>
> I wonder why. When I see something like this:
>
> char* foo;
>
> I read that foo is a pointer to a char (foo's type is "char pointer").
> For me, moving * to be next to the variable name does not make much sense.
Exactly. The * does not belong to the variable, otherwise you would have to
keep typing "*variable" instead of just "variable". How is it not part of
the type itself?
Best regards,
-Stephan
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