The reading of `char *p` is: The following things are `char`: `*p`.
replyI think the only significant mistake was having both prefix and postfix operators for types. If they all neatly sat on one side there would be no problem.
replyI thought it was a bit of a miss that C didn't use ^ as the pointer sigil. I mean it's literally pointing. I'm guessing some early terminals didn't have that character on the keyboard.
reply> I thought it was a bit of a miss that C didn't use ^ as the pointer sigil. I mean it's literally pointing. I'm guessing some early terminals didn't have that character on the keyboard.
replyThat can't be the reason; IIRC Pascal has always used '^' for pointer derefencing (just like git's HEAD^^^)
i find Zig does it fairly well. there is also no ambiguity between pointer and multiply.
replyYeah, they took it from Pascal:
reply var p: ^integer, i: integer;
p := @i;
p^ := 42;
Borrow from the late 1990s upstart GC languages: Pointer<Type>.
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