title: Placement of the asterisk in pointer declarations
body: <p>I've recently decided that I just have to finally learn C/C++, and there is one thing I do not really understand about pointers or more precisely, their definition.</p>
  
  <p>How about these examples:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><code>int* test;</code></li>
  <li><code>int *test;</code></li>
  <li><code>int * test;</code></li>
  <li><code>int* test,test2;</code></li>
  <li><code>int *test,test2;</code></li>
  <li><code>int * test,test2;</code></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Now, to my understanding, the first three cases are all doing the same: Test is not an int, but a pointer to one.</p>
  
  <p>The second set of examples is a bit more tricky. In case 4, both test and test2 will be pointers to an int, whereas in case 5, only test is a pointer, whereas test2 is a "real" int. What about case 6? Same as case 5?</p>