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Use typedef? Granted, the function pointer syntax is forever confusing (to me anyway). The rest is easily tackled by naming things. Even for function pointers

• sebstefan 2y ago
  >Use typedef? What if you're given somebody else's code and you need to understand it to put a typedef there
  • DaiPlusPlus 2y ago
    Welp, if it’s that bad then shrug and use a #define (Yes, this is a joke)
  • CuriousCosmic 2y ago
    The trick is to just assert equal types. Most compilers have extensions that allow you to easily compare type equality (and C23 actually standardizes the `typeof()` operator). So you basically take your ugly type, put it in a #define and then create a static assertion that matches the type against said ugly type. Now the compiler will throw a shit fit if the types don't match. Have fun breaking the type up into smaller pieces until you have something legible.
• dapperdrake 2y ago
  Reading C Type Declarations: http://unixwiz.net/techtips/reading-cdecl.html http://unixwiz.net/techtips/reading-cdecl.html (NOT the author. It simply helped me.)
• khrbtxyz 2y ago
  Function typedefs make this less confusing by removing awkward parentheses. e.g. typedef int read_block_fn(void *context, u8 *buf, unsigned int block, size_t len); https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/0a9b9d17f3a781dea03baca01c835deaa07f7cc3/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c#L2317 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/0a9b9d17f3a781dea03ba...