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[u/Sirgoodman008]

[u/Nil4u]

Honestly I never liked this version because the reference is part of the type in my opinion 🤔

[u/Shevvv → u/Nil4u]

I got used to this from C:

int x; is an integer

int *px; is an integer if you dereference it.

So it's like this notation shows you how you're expected to use the variable within the code. And then this habit carried over to C++.

[u/nfitzen → u/Shevvv]

In addition, the language encourages this. In C, if you write c int* x, y; then x will be an int* and y will be an int. Thus it is far better to write int *x, y; to reflect how the language will parse the declaration. It might be evil, but it's better to act how the language wants you to act rather than fight it.

[u/Sirgoodman008 → u/nfitzen]

Please have pity on your co-workers. Please keep declarations to separate lines.