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Roberto Aureli
Roberto Aureli

Reputation: 1438

Pointer star location

With GNU indent is there a way to put the "star" right after the type?

For example:

void* foo(int* a)

but keeping it near the var in a declaration like

int *a, b;

Upvotes: 1

Views: 873

Answers (1)

Achal
Achal

Reputation: 11921

C standard doesn't say anything about keeping * immediately after type or before variable name, both are fine.

int *ptr1, ptr2;/* valid, ptr1 is pointer variable, ptr2 is normal variable */
int* ptr1, ptr2;/* valid, ptr1 is pointer variable, ptr2 is normal variable */

Similarly in function declaration or definition for e.g

void* foo(int* a) { 
/*...*/
}

or

void* foo(int *a) { /* a is int pointer */ 
/*...*/
}

Read this Placement of the asterisk in pointer declarations

Upvotes: 3

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