The logic is that by declaring `int *ptr;` you effectively say that `*ptr` is an `int`. Only the first token (which must be a type) is syntactically special, th

The logic is that by declaring `int *ptr;` you effectively say that `*ptr` is an `int`. Only the first token (which must be a type) is syntactically special, the rest is normal expression syntax. Same goes for arrays, `int *x[30]` just says that `*x[30]` is an `int` (well, technically it's out of bounds by 1), thereby we're declaring an array of 30 int-pointers. Of course, that hasn't been entirely true since function declaration changed with ANSI C in the late 80s or so.