C - initialization of pointers, asterisk position [duplicate]

Answer 1

Pointer is the type, and I think it makes most sense to group the type information:

int* foo;

This can lead to confusion if several variables are defined on the same line:

int* foo, bar;  // foo will be int*, bar will be int

The solution to this is, never declare several variables on the same line. Something that Code Complete advocates, anyway.