C isn't that hard: void ( *( *f[] ) () ) ()

Question

I just saw a picture today and think I\'d appreciate explanations. So here is the picture:

I found this confusing and wondered if such codes are ever prac

Answer 1

It's only a "spiral" because there happens to be, in this declaration, only one operator on each side within each level of parentheses. Claiming that you proceed "in a spiral" generally would suggest you alternate between arrays and pointers in the declaration int ***foo[][][] when in reality all of the array levels come before any of the pointer levels.