Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English

Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by SaulJLH on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:52AM (#31133827)

Site is very sparse, I "think" I know what this is for, but I'm probably wrong, can anyone explain?

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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by EMM_386 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:54AM (#31133833)

Type in some syntax in the C programming language, it will translate it into English to help you get a better mental picture of what is going on.

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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by SaulJLH on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:24AM (#31134046)

That's literally it? Thought might be more to it, hmm still interesting, thanks!

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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by theophrastus on Saturday April 23, 2022 @11:30AM (#31135087)

Well it goes the other way too. English to arcane C declaration. And that's what many of us have used it for decades (and decades...). Try:

    declare xyzzyx as pointer to pointer to array 153 of const double

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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by krossitalk on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:28AM (#31134073)

I think of it as a programmers aide much like regex101.com or crontab.guru

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Re:Cdecl: C Gibberish ↔ English by Tempest1981 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:38AM (#31134165)

Also:

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