Three cheers for pointing out that this boils down to preference. In years programming C in teams and projects of various sizes and criticality, I've never come

Three cheers for pointing out that this boils down to preference. In years programming C in teams and projects of various sizes and criticality, I've never come across a situation where the asterisk position actually made a difference, other than to incite grumbles from those who prefer it whatever which way. I sincerely look forward to a situation where it does make a difference to the maintainability or correctness of code in a way that can't be addressed with other language syntax, or impedes a team's ability to deliver reliable production software against whatever style guide or coding standard they've adopted.