What is the difference between these statements

[Douglas Braxton]

private int a[ ];
and
private int[ ] a;
???

[Rikard Qvarforth]

Well nothing really.. but i think the xxx[] a is more common for c++ programmers or was it the otherway ? humm dont remember but say an array of int "int[]" or an array of int but "int []x" i think its more clear if you put the bracets with the type.
well hope this helps in my dissoriented explaining and bad english
//Rille

[Douglas Braxton]

so is "a" the name of the array?

[fred rosenberger]

In this case, "a" would be the name of the array.
I think they adopted both ways since in C/C++, you'd declare an array more like the first way, but most people think the second is easier to read.