int* x; // x is an int-pointer int *y; // dereferencing y gives an int int * z; ...

Y_Y 57 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Byte Ordering: On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace (...

    int* x; // x is an int-pointer
    int *y; // dereferencing y gives an int
    int * z; // int multiplied by z

I'm being silly, but floating the the asterisk between the type and the identifier gives me the same feeling as the "array indices start at 0.5" compromise mentioned earlier.

(For the record, the second way is the universal and objective truth.)

ireflect 56 days ago [–]

But when you say "the second way" are you counting from zero or from one?