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See wahern and my response to the grandparent.

• mumblemumble 7y ago
  So, IOW, it's not purely a point of style, it's more about what's a sane way to write things given the requirements of the language's syntax when you're dealing with pointer declarations? Which would explain why it seems so odd to me; I spent a fair amount of time in C-style languages, but typically only ones that lack pointers.
  • guerrilla 7y ago
    I think it can be both, plus communication: communication to n00bs, to yourself in the future if you're really tired, etc.
    • mumblemumble 7y ago
      Though, if the goal is communication, wouldn't it be clearer still to use typedefs to clean up more complex declarations a bit? Or does that end up making things worse?
      • guerrilla 7y ago
        People do that if such a type is used a lot but probably not if it's just a one-off, just like when they write a function instead of using the same snippet a lot but don't if it isn't.