On Sunday, March 22, 2015 02:32:36 deadalnix via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Sunday, 22 March 2015 at 01:44:32 UTC, weaselcat wrote: > > On Sunday, 22 March 2015 at 01:24:10 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote: > >> On Saturday, 21 March 2015 at 23:49:26 UTC, Atila Neves wrote: > >>> I actually think that there are two large categories of > >>> programmers: those like writing the same loops over and over > >>> again and those who use algorithms. > >> > >> I agree, at some point I learned that there is a huge cultural > >> distinction between C and C++ programmers. > > > > yes, the other main distinction are the people who correctly > > put the * next to the type because it's part of the type, or > > the wrong people who put it next to the variable name because > > they're heathens > > What is the type of b here ? > > int* a, b;
Which is one reason never to declare multiple variables on the same line in C/C++. I never understood why C/C++ made it so that the * went with the variable rather than being treated like part of the type, since in reality, the * is part of the type. I'm definitely glad that D fixed that and made it so that the a and b in your example are both pointers. But much as I hate it when folks put the * next to the variable name in C/C++ instead of putting it with the rest of the type, your example shows exactly why many people put it with the variable name. - Jonathan M Davis
