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Line 67: ==== C++ convention ==== Following C++ convention of analyzing the type, not the value, a [[rule of thumb]] is to read the declaration from right to left. Thus, everything to the left of the star can be identified as the ~~pointee~~pointed type and everything to the right of the star are the pointer properties. For instance, in our example above, <code>int const </code> can be read as a writable pointer that refers to a non-writable integer, and <code>int const</code> can be read as a non-writable pointer that refers to a writable integer. A more generic rule that helps you understand complex declarations and definitions works like this:

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