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In article <43nqb8$c2i@cnn.Princeton.EDU>, tim@franck.Princeton.EDUÌ says...
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>In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950919124849.1948C-100000@achilles>,
>Brandon Wallace  <brandon@criterion.com> wrote:
>>On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, Vashist Worah wrote:
>>

SNIP...

>>-> 
>>-> 1)  double*  x
>>-> 2)  double  *x
>>-> 
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>>THERE IS NO FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE
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>>However, some people prefer (1) over (2), some (2) over (1), some don't care.
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>Answer 1: Brandon is absolutely right.
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>Answer 2: You should use 2) because if you use the first, you will
>probably think that '*' is part of the type, and do something like:
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>double* x, y; // declares a pointer to double and a plain old double
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Actually I prefer:

	double* x;
	double y;
	...

because the * IS part of the type....  But it's obviously just a superficial
style thang:-)











>at least with the * next to the x, it's a bit more obvious that the *
>only applies to the x.
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