const int *p vs. int const *p - Is const after the type acceptable?

Question

My co-worker is 0 for 2 on questions he has inspired (1, 2), so I thought I\'d give him a chance to catch up.

Our latest disagreement is over the style issue of wher

Answer 1

In modern C++11, you could also use template typedefs to add clarity to complicated declarations:

template
using Const = const T;

template
using Ptr = T*;

The three declarations you mentioned in your question:

int const * a;
int * const b;
int * const * c;

would then be written as:

Ptr> a;
Const> b;
Ptr>> c;