The program uses a table-driven lexer and a hand-written, shift-reduce parser. No external dependencies apart from the standard library.
The program uses a table-driven lexer and a hand-written, shift-reduce parser. No external dependencies apart from the standard library.
TL;DR: you declare a variable in C _in exactly the same way you would use it:_ if you know how to use a variable, then you know how to read and write a declaration for it.
https://eigenstate.org/notes/c-decl https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12775966
int x, *p, arr[5], fn(), (*pfn)();
It's the intended way to read/write declarations/expressions. As a consequence, asterisks ends up placed near the identifiers. The confused ones will think it's a stylistic choice and won't understand any of this.
You know you don't always have to use things as they were intended?
> The confused ones will think it's a stylistic choice and won't understand any of this.
Well, I've written it both ways, and the compiler never seems to mind. :)
Maybe I should start putting space on both sides of the asterisk; seems like it would be a good way to annoy even more people.
coherentpony•5h ago
bluetomcat•4h ago
As per the screenshot, “arr” is an array of 4 elements. Consequently, “arr[0]” is an array of 8 elements. Then, “arr[0][0]” is a pointer. And so on, until we arrive at the specifier-qualifier list.