C Pointer Alignment Chart
p[0] = x; p += 1; LAWFUL GOOD *p = x; p++; NEUTRAL GOOD p++; p[-1] = x; CHAOTIC GOOD (p++)[0] = x; LAWFUL NEUTRAL *p++ = x; TRUE NEUTRAL p++[0] = x; CHAOTIC NEUTRAL 0[p++] = x; LAWFUL EVIL *((p += 1) - 1) = x; NEUTRAL EVIL (~0)[p=~(size_t p)] = x; CHAOTIC EVIL
A nine-panel alignment chart categorizes equivalent-looking C pointer expressions as lawful, neutral, or chaotic. The joke is that increasingly obscure pointer arithmetic and operator precedence are treated like moral alignments, with the final expression becoming deliberately unreadable. It is typically shared by programmers as a reaction to cursed, clever, or needlessly complicated C code.
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- Template
- Alignment Chart
- Type
- image
- Size
- 800×640 · 65.6 KiB
- Mood
- absurd, nerdy
- Language
- en
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