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Subject:Re: Kernighan and Ritchie notation contentions From:Tammy Hale <tammyh -at- FGM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Aug 1995 09:07:32 -0400
Carl,
The space between the asterisk and the name of the pointer might give you
problems when you try to compile.
Even if it's not *wrong*, convention is to have pointer name follow the
asterisk without a space between them.
What do you recommend at Roy's? :-)
Tammy
tammyh -at- fgm -dot- com
****************
Carl wrote,
<snip>
"char * input;
char * output;"
<snip>
"int routine(char * input, char * output, int buffer_length)"
and then wrote,
"Catch the "C" error in my post on K&R versus ANSI C and win a free dinner
at Roy's Restaurant in Hawaii Kai. (You pay for air fare, I'll pay for
dinner.)"
