If you have ever programmed in C or C++, you might have encountered some complex variable declarations like:
char *(*(**foo[][8])())[];
or
int (*(*foo)(void ))[3]
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just enter such complex declarations into some program and it could output its meaning in ‘plain English’ ?
For example:
Input:
char ** const * const x
Output:
"declare x as const pointer to const pointer to pointer to char"
Seems like there is a program made just for this – cdecl.
It can even do the opposite; that is, convert a declaration written in plain English to its equivalent code !
Tip: If you want to learn how to understand such declarations without any help, you may refer to this article.
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