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Grizlyk wrote:
> 
> What is it, why "cdelc" reserve the word "ptr"?
> 
> cdecl> explain int (*ptr)[40];
> parse error
> cdecl> explain int (*pt)[40];
> declare pt as pointer to array 40 of int

IIRC it uses it as an abbreviation for 'pointer', and never bothers
to tell anyone.  A poor decision by someone sometime.

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