Good luck parsing this: double (*my_function(int(*callback)(void*)))(double); without needing to think way harder on it than if typedefs were used: func2

Good luck parsing this: double (*my_function(int(*callback)(void*)))(double); without needing to think way harder on it than if typedefs were used: func2* my_function(func1*) This isn't basic syntax. C's parser is really bloody complex. That's why we have things like ioccc.org, because C's syntax is NOT trivial.