Declaring several names together

Lecture 2 - Slide 7 : 29

Several comma-separated declarators - with associated initializers - may share the same base-type and specifier

The C++ Prog. Lang. (3. edition): Page 80

The C++ Prog. Lang. (4. edition): Page 154

  unsigned int i = 7,  j[3],  *k = &i;

  char ch0;
  char* ch1, ch2;    // Misleading notation but OK.  Only ch1 is a char pointer!
  char *ch3, ch4;    // Prefer this variant!

  const double d = 5.7,  pi = 3.14159,  &dr = d;
  char *str[4],  ch = 'a';
  extern short int ei;
  bool is_even(int a), 
       is_odd(int a);
  Point p1(1,2), 
        p2;
  Pair q1 = {3,4}, 
       q2 = {5,6};

"Such constructs makes a program less readable and should be avoided"

Nevertheless, I use multiple name declarations a lot in these slides and notes