Boris Tschirschwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > int *num; > > is customary in C, but for some reason C++ people like to write > > int* num;
The rationale in C is that the variable is delared in the same way it is invoked. This has it's own internal logic, but becomes a nightmare for declaring a pointer to a function that returns a pointer to a function, say. I think Stroustrop (sp?) was to blame for the attempt to make declarations look more like C<type-spec variable-name>, but as people have pointed out, it breaks down as soon as you declare multiple vars. FWIW, Perl5 has a completely aribtrary mix of the two. I propose that k&R-ish C<int *num> style gets added to the 'should' list, with a suggestion that intermediate typedefs should be used to declare anything partcualarly complex. And, yes, PDD-9 is going to get revised Real Soon Now. I was going to do it over the Xmas break, but in the meantime half the world and his dog decided to spend a few days at my house. I Never knew I had so many friends. (I know, excuses, excuses.... ;-)
