A slightly more complicated function pointer declaration

[Jason]

char * const * (*fn)(void);

Seems rarther confusing to me, becuase of the way const can be used, like
this:

const char * a; /* pointer to const char */
char const * a; /* pointer to const char */
char * const a; /* const pointer to char */

I would guess that function declaration means this:

A pointer to a function returning a pointer to a const pointer to a char. Is
there a good way of reading things such as this?

[Tobias Oed]

Jason wrote:

char * const * (*fn)(void);

Seems rarther confusing to me, becuase of the way const can be used, like
this:

const char * a; /* pointer to const char */
char const * a; /* pointer to const char */
char * const a; /* const pointer to char */

I would guess that function declaration means this:

A pointer to a function returning a pointer to a const pointer to a char.
Is there a good way of reading things such as this?

When I am tired I use cdecl:

qcd:~$ cdecl
Type `help' or `?' for help
cdecl> explain char * const * (*fn)(void);
declare fn as pointer to function (void) returning pointer to const pointer
to char
cdecl>

Tobias.

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[Jason]

"Jason" <@> wrote in message news:3f0ddabc@shknews01...

char * const * (*fn)(void);

Seems rarther confusing to me, becuase of the way const can be used, like
this:

const char * a; /* pointer to const char */
char const * a; /* pointer to const char */
char * const a; /* const pointer to char */

I would guess that function declaration means this:

A pointer to a function returning a pointer to a const pointer to a char. Is there a good way of reading things such as this?

Any hints?

[Jason]

"Jason" <@> wrote in message news:3f0fd299@shknews01...
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Any hints?

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