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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:17:50 +0100
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On 12/04/2025 17:52, bart wrote:

> With LTR syntax, you can create arbitrarily complex chains, and you will 
> always now exactly what they mean, and which * is which. Modifying them 
> is trivial:
> 
>     C                  LTR style

>     int *(*A)[]        *[]*[]int A         # ptr to array of ptr to int

The comment here doesn't match the LTR typespec; there's an 'array of' 
missing from the comment.

I suspect the C matches the comment (since I had to enter the equivalent 
into CDECL to get the C typespec!).

What's under LTR is the type I wanted, so the correct version is:

   C                 LTR

   int (*(*A)[])[]   *[]*[]int A    # ptr to array of ptr array of int

The first * in LTR I think corresponds to the second * in the C version.