Mastering the C Clockwise Spiral Rule for Parsing Declarations

The C ``Clockwise/Spiral Rule''

I introduce a simple three-step technique called the Clockwise Spiral Rule that allows any C programmer to mentally parse even the most complex declarations. By starting with the unknown element and moving in a spiral direction to resolve tokens like arrays, pointers, and functions, you can translate confusing syntax into clear English statements. This method handles everything from basic pointers to intricate function signatures involving const and volatile qualifiers.