If you hate typing so much, then why do you type meaningles names
like pointer1 & pointer2
That was only an example :)
The more local a name, the shorter it can be.
True
and I'm following this rule of course. What annoys me is that
"dotting". For example, that union construct is part of larger
structure so the smaller number of dots the better. In my opinion is
nicer to write p->x than p->u.x, especially when the 'u' has no
real meaning. But, I can't ask for much -- this issues are nicely
solvable with C++ so no big deal for common programming, it's just
Atari where I want / have to use strict C.