On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 at 22:34, Jason H <jh...@gmx.com> wrote: > > You're staring down the business end of a Saturn-V... > I for one, never liked > QObject* x, y; > because x is a pointer, and y is not. It seems like they should both be > QObject*s. > Meanwhile: > QObject *x, y; > makes it very clear (clearer?) that x is a pointer and y is not. > Parenthesizing things shows just how awkward it is: > QObject(* x), (y); // really gotta reach for that star. (See what I did > there!?) > vs. > QObject (*x), (y); > > Of course readability was never C's strong suit. > I'd be ok with single decleartions: > QObject* x; // can't miss interpret this > QObject y; // or this > > But because you can have multiple variable declarations on a line (arguably > the real thing to change) we're stuck with the confluence of two rules > yielding chaos. This is an unfortunate lack of specificity in the standard.
I don't think this is news to anyone, but the usual suggestion to avoid that problem is not writing comma-separated declarations. That tends to work perhaps surprisingly well, in practice. _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
