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[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 59 points 9 months ago (26 children)

The fact it's a pointer is part of the type, not part of the variable name. So int* p is the way.

[–] sweng@programming.dev 85 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

You would think so, but int* a, b is actually eqivalent to int* a; int b, so the asterisk actually does go with the name. Writing int* a, *b is inconsistent, so int *a, *b is the way to go.

[–] newH0pe@feddit.de 56 points 9 months ago

Yeah, and I'd say that's a design flaw of the language as it is unintuitive behaviour.

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