What is being declared here?

Question

I came across this strange looking declaration in some code early this morning (before my cup of black coffee had had a chance to "kick in") ...

IField const* f(0);

That looks a bit unusual to me. Can anyone explain what the variable f is?

Answer 1

It's a pointer 'f' of type IField const (or const IField) that is initialized to 0. Same as for instance: const IField *f = 0;