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I've always written it before the variable, as int *x. A pointer to something isn't really a new type, is it?

A pointer to T is definitely a different type to T itself: http://codepad.org/ztUjn7g8

What I mean to say is, if T is a type, then a pointer to T is certainly different from T, but a "pointer to T" isn't a new type. The C type system includes the single type "pointer."

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