The C ``Clockwise/Spiral Rule''
Summary
David Anderson presents the Clockwise/Spiral Rule, a mnemonic technique to parse C declarations by walking a spiral from the identifier and translating tokens into English as you go. The article walks through simple and complex examples (including arrays, pointers, functions, and combinations with const/volatile) and emphasizes resolving parentheses first, ending with a readable English description of the declaration. It cites classic examples and references K&R II for further context.