Variable types with * prefix

[GolamMostafa]

@kenb4

byte *ptr = &y;

I don't like the above as I want to transfer the address of y into pointer variable (ptr) and NOT into *ptr. So, I prefer:

byte *ptr;
ptr = &y;

@kenb4

because the * is in fact a prefix to the variable, not a suffix to the type.

Regardless of the position of * between type and variable, the compiler smatly glues it with variable. Accordingly, the following are the same:

byte* ptr;
byte *ptr;
byte * ptr;