I agree. Simply put, it would sense to provide #define CharPointer char* and then declare char c = 'a'; CharCointer p = &c; To me this became c

I agree. Simply put, it would sense to provide #define CharPointer char* and then declare char c = 'a'; CharCointer p = &c; To me this became clear when I did some C# interop, where IntPtr is a common class, such as: [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern IntPtr CallWindowProc(WndProcDelegate lpPrevWndFunc, IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam); It's just an object oriented pointer interface. It looks different. I agree: > It has different size and behavior.