indirect reference/use of procedures

[Peter da Silva]

> void (* myfunc)();

> myfunc ();

I realise this is a valid syntax as of X3J11 (or whatever it is now that
it's complete), but it's confusing. If nothing else, it breaks the symmetry
between usage and declaration. C declaration syntax is confusing enough
as it is, and declarations of pointers to functions particularly so. It's
better to blow the extra three characters and call "(* myfunc) ();".

What did the committee have in mind when they decided to make this syntax
part of the standard?
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