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In article <43a4pb$8b4@shellx.best.com> netninja@svpal.org (NetNinja) writes:
>From: netninja@svpal.org (NetNinja)
>Subject: Re: Newbie pointer question
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 21:05:24 GMT

>vashist@tcsmgmt.com (Vashist Worah) wrote:

>>This may seem trivial to veterans here, but I am trying to figure out 
>>what in the world is the difference in declaring pointers in the two 
>>different manners illustrated below (VC++ 2.2):

>>1)     double*  x
>>2)     double  *x

>>Of course, referencing pointers in the manner
>>       *x
>>yields the value of the variable whose address is stored in the pointer 

>        Well, there is no difference. But, if you are declaring multiple 
>        variables the second style is preferred because it causes less 
>        confusion.
>        if you say 'double*  x, y' that does not mean y is a double pointer, 
>        y is still just a double since the '*' goes with the variable x, 
>        hence it is always better to put it nearer to the variable than the 
>        type 

>        
>        



One could consider this a "religious" issue - I like to define every variable 
on a separate line (leaving room for a comment), and prefer to put the '*' or 
'&' next to the data type, indicating that x is a "pointer to double" or 
whatever...

Standards suck!  Except mine, of course :)



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