I agree this is an issue with the C syntax. I always used to write my pointer declarations as: char* p instead of char p That way there was no clash with w

I agree this is an issue with the C syntax. I always used to write my pointer declarations as: char* p instead of char p That way there was no clash with when you are dereferencing p - p Admittedly this approach may not help entirely with more complex examples, like a pointer to a function that returns a point to a function that takes two pointers to void...or something. Indeed having languages that create less accidental complexity is a huge win.