On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 1:14 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > Python, maybe. C syntax isn't as painful as C++ but I still have a lot of > trouble with it. (Eg. the variable declaration 'char(*(*x[3])())[5]'. The > name of the variable can be found lurking in that lot somewhere, but what's > the type?) Not so convenient.
People love showcasing stupid examples like that. But how often do you REALLY make declarations that complex? That's not technically strawmanning, since C syntax does indeed include that, but you're cherry-picking the most extreme example. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list