*foo++ (and --) is an extremely common C idiom. I'd argue it's clearer than the separated version.
As I experienced while trying to write out an AST for this pattern, the operator precedence makes it harder to read. I would at least prefer that it's written as *(foo++).
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As I experienced while trying to write out an AST for this pattern, the operator precedence makes it harder to read. I would at least prefer that it's written as *(foo++).