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0 pointsambrop77y ago0 comments

I did say "original C declaration syntax forms needs to be deprecated and only the newly invented syntax forms should be used". So the new invented syntax alone is complete (you can express anything with &, (args)->ret and [count]type).

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watergatorman7y ago

Ok, I got it now. Thanks. My faulty understanding.

I believe you have a clean, readable syntax for C declarations.

The Go Programming Language's declaration syntax is very similiar, except that "star" is retained and acts just as your "&"

I don't have a complete list, but have been looking at classifying programming languages into one of 2 categories:

Category 1 declaration syntax: Type identifier ;

Category 2 declaration syntax: identifier Type ; with perhaps a colon or other punctuation between the identifier and Type.

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