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On 2018-02-05 23:50, Paige DePol wrote:
They also like putting the * for pointers on the variable name, which
is what Lua does as well. My previous experience with Obj-C usually
put the * with the type, which makes more sense to me, but I am now
used to putting it with the var name so either way works.

That's because in C

   Foo* bar, baz;

probably isn't what you want[1], and with

   Foo *bar, baz;

it's easier to notice.

-- nobody

[1]  bar is a pointer, baz isn't.