C to English Declarations

int f1;             /* an int                                                                        */
int *f2;            /* a pointer to an int                                                           */
int f3[3];          /* an array of 3 ints                                                            */
int *f4[3];         /* an array of 3 pointers to int                                                 */
int (*f5)[3];       /* a pointer to an array of 3 ints                                               */
int *(*f6)[3];      /* a pointer to an array of 3 pointers to int                                    */
int f7[3][4];       /* an array of 3 arrays of 4 ints (a 3x4 array of int)                           */
int *f8[3][4];      /* an array of 3 arrays of 4 pointers to int (a 3x4 array of pointer to int)     */
int (*f9)[3][4];    /* a pointer to an array of 3 arrays of 4 ints (a pointer to 2 above)            */       
int *(*f10)[3][4];  /* a pointer to an array of 3 arrays of 4 pointers to int (a pointer to 2 above) */
int (*f11[3])[4];   /* an array of 3 pointers to an array of 4 ints                                  */
int *(*f12[3])[4];  /* an array of 3 pointers to an array of 4 pointers to int                       */

void f21(void);                /* a function taking nothing and returning nothing             */
void f22(int, float);          /* a function taking an int and a float and returning nothing  */
void f23(int i, float f);      /* a function taking an int and a float and returning nothing  */
int *f24(void);                /* a function taking nothing and returning a pointer to an int */
int (*f25)(void);              /* a pointer to a function taking nothing and returning an int */
int **f26(void);               /* a function taking nothing and returning a pointer to a pointer to an int */
int *(*f27)(void);             /* a pointer to a function taking nothing and returning a pointer to an int */
double *(*f28)(int, float *);  /* a pointer to a function taking an int and a pointer to a float and returning a pointer to a double */
int **(**f29)(void);           /* a pointer to a pointer to a function taking nothing and returning a pointer to a pointer to an int */

int f31()[5];     /* error: function returns array                              */
int *f31a[5]();   /* error: array element type cannot be function               */
int (*f31b[5])(); /* correct, an array of 5 pointers to functions returning int */

int f32()();      /* error: function returns function                                       */
int *f32a()();    /* error: function returns function                                       */
int (*f32b())();  /* correct, a function returning a pointer to a function returning an int */

int f33[5]();     /* error: array element type cannot be function (array of funtions) */
int *f33a[5]();   /* error: array element type cannot be function (array of funtions) */
int (*f33b[5])(); /* correct, an array of 5 pointers to functions returning an int    */

/* a pointer to an array of 5 pointers to functions taking a pointer to a const char and an int  */
/* and returning a pointer to a BITMAP struct */
struct BITMAP *(*(*f41)[5])(const char *, int);

/* a function taking a pointer to a pointer to a BITMAP struct and returning a pointer to an array  */
/* of 5 pointers to unsigned int */
unsigned int *(*f42(struct BITMAP **))[5];

/* a function taking a pointer to a char and an int and returning a pointer to an array of 5 pointers to int */
int *(*foo(char *, int))[5];