How read declaration of types

Declaration standard types not difficult to understand
int a;
But how understood this declaration?
char *(*(**m[][8])())[];

char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays of 8 pointers...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays of 8 pointers to pointer...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays of 8 pointers to pointer to function... char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays of 8 pointers to pointer to function wich return...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays of 8 pointers to pointer to function wich return pointer to array...char
char *(*(**m[][8])())[]; - m it is an array of arrays of 8 pointers to pointer to function wich return pointer to array of pointers to char.
...fuh...
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class A {
public:
A ();
virtual void f();
virtual ~A ();
private:
/* data */
};

class B : public A{
public:
B();
virtual void f();
virtual ~B();
private:
/* data */
};

void A::f()
{
std::cout<<"A"<<std::endl;
}

void B::f()
{
std::cout<<"B"<<endl;
}

A::A(){}
B::B(){}
A::~A(){}
B::~B(){}

int ff(int bb)
{
return bb++;
}

int ff(A aa)
{
aa.f();
}


int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
A *a = new B();
a->f();
ff(*a);
cout<<ff(1)<<endl;
return 0;
}

What will be printed?

How C++, can be funny :)

Check this 

int i = 10;

int j = i++ + ++i;

What will be equel j? ))

How about this?

int main(){

int x[x];

j::i;

i::j;

}

This code will work if define namespace like this

namespace j{

const int x =1;

struct i{

static int j;

}

}

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reference vs pointers

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