How to explain C pointers (declaration vs. unary operators) to a beginner?

Question

I have had the recent pleasure to explain pointers to a C programming beginner and stumbled upon the following difficulty. It might not seem like an issue at all if you alre

Answer 1

I think the devil is in the space.

I would write (not only for the beginner, but for myself as well): int* bar = &foo; instead of int *bar = &foo;

this should make evident what is the relationship between syntax and semantics