C's syntax (was Re: Python Formatted C Converter (PfCC))

[Erik Max Francis]

Rainer Deyke wrote:

> int (*a)[5], *(b[5]);
> 
> It looks like 'a' is an array of pointers and 'b' is a pointer to an
> array,
> but the opposite is the case.

Makes perfect sense, if you that you read C declarations from the inside
out.

C is not a trivial language, so the rules are not trivial.  If you have
sloppy thinking or are not familiar with the details of the language,
you will get yourself into trouble with a non-trivial language.  But
then that's true of a trivial language as well.

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