TIL
- C does not support function overloading
- the \v vertical tab character is kind of the equivalent of starting a new line and then indenting to the end of the previous line
I’m also trying to “stretch” my reading muscle. I really need to understand pointers and they look to be about 300 - 400 pages in the book so I need to read maybe a little faster and for longer each night then I’m used to.
@derickflorian pointers will need practice, even then some people find them "difficult" to feel comfortable with. My first piece of advice along that way, is the use of spacing in C that is different than what is show in books. I prefer the pointer indication on a type (the asterisk) to be near the type and not near the variable.
So use (spaces exaggerated):
int* intPtr;
and not
int *intPtr;
The first reads "type of a pointer to an integer" the second "a variable that is a pointer"
@PHolder ok, the author of the book I’m reading knows his stuff then! So far he has only introduced char*.
Now that I think about it I like the way you mentioned because int* can be easily explained as a “pointer to an int”. In my limited experience with pointers I’ve had trouble explaining and understanding what * does in plain English. Especially because it’s also used to dereference pointers and get the value they hold.
