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   From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/26/2025 3:38 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:   
   > "Chris M. Thomasson"  writes:   
   >> On 10/22/2025 2:39 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:   
   >>> This is cross-posted to comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++.   
   >>> Consider redirecting followups as appropriate.   
   >>> cdecl, along with c++decl, is a tool that translates C or C++   
   >>> declaration syntax into English, and vice versa.  For example :   
   >>>       $ cdecl   
   >>>       Type `help' or `?' for help   
   >>>       cdecl> explain const char *foo[42]   
   >>>       declare foo as array 42 of pointer to const char   
   >>>       cdecl> declare bar as pointer to function (void) returning int   
   >>>       int (*bar)(void )   
   >>> It's also available via the web site .   
   >> I must be doing something wrong:   
   >   
   > Yes.   
   >   
   >> int (*fp_read) (void* const, void*, size_t)   
   >>   
   >> is syntax error. It from one of my older experiments:   
   >   
   > You're using the old 2.5 version.  The newer forked version handles that   
   > declaration correctly, but you have to build it from source.  cdecl.org   
   > uses the old version.   
   >   
      
   Ahh! Thanks Keith.   
      
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