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

If the problem is the syntax, it may be helpful to show equivalent code with template/using.

template
using ptr = T*;

This can then be used as

ptr bar = &foo;

After that, compare the normal/C syntax with this C++ only approach. This is also useful for explaining const pointers.