Re: [SoX-devel] [Sox-commits] sox/src sox.h,1.28,1.29

[Chris B. <ch...@cn...>]

robs wrote:
> --- Reuben Thomas <rr...@us...> wrote:
>
>   
>> -  sox_ssample_t            * obuf;       /* output
>> buffer */
>> +  sox_ssample_t *          obuf;         /* output
>>     
>
> I haven't re-checked, but I seem to remember reading
> that the former form is preferable since the * "sticks
> to" the the thing on the right i.e. whereas
> int *        x, y;
> looks as though it should declare 2 pointers, it
> actually declares 1 pointer and one int.
>
>   
Thats what I've settled on as well from experience... Just two many 
times of thinking it was a double pointer.

I think the C++ people still claim its better towards the left for 
reasons that I can't remember (so obviously could be a very good reason 
:-) ).  I think those reasons are specific to C++ though from a vague 
memory.

Chris