*** pointer madness revisited

let's see the civil war ;)

generally, I declare one variable/line, so I declare them like:

Code:

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type*var;

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but if I'm listing on line line,

Code:

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type *var,var,var,*var,var;

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and in that line I point out why the other two cases are just wrong.

for the people that want to get into it (I don't): you're not declaring a type of pointer, you're declaring a pointer to a type. the "var" in your example is the pointer, so it should get the '*'. giving the '*' to the type makes it look like you're trying to say that the type is a pointer to a type, when what you really mean to say is that it's a pointer to a type.

and civil wars aren't civil:

Code:

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#include<iostream>

int main()
{
        int a,*b,**c,***d,****e;
        b=&a;
        c=&b;
        d=&c;
        e=&d;
        ****e=0;
        std::cout<<a<<'\n'<<*b<<'\n'<<**c<<'\n'<<***d<<'\n'<<****e<<std::endl;
        return 0;
}

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yeah, I don't know what that had to do with anything, either.

This was just done - this is pointless.
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/68768-difference-b-w-int%2A-p1-int-%2Ap1.html