coding style: type* variable or type *varible

[Perret Yannick]

Dave Korn wrote:

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>>From: Mike Stump
>>Sent: 13 September 2005 20:28
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>>On Sep 13, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Rafael Espíndola wrote:
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>>>I have seen both in gcc. I have found that "type* variable" is
>>>preferred in C++ code but I haven't found any guidelines for C code.
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>>If you ask gcc, you find:
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>>mrs $ grep 'int\* ' *.c | wc -l
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>>mrs $ grep 'int \*' *.c | wc -l
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>>pretty clear to me.
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My two cents...

Well, for my version of gcc (gcc-4.1-20050528), I only get 3 'int*', and all
the three are in comments, not in C code.

I also get 10 'int * '.

By my side, the only place I put int* is for casts.

Regards,
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Yannick