typedef struct A_Rec {
    int a;
} A;

typedef struct B_Rec {
    A a;
    int b;
} B;

typedef struct C_Rec {
    B b;
    int c;
} C;

void ouch(C *c)
{
    A *a = &c->b.a;
    B *b = &c->b;
    c->b->a.a = 12;   // bad: I typed "c->b.a.a"
    c->b->a.a = 12;   // bad: I typed "c.b.a.a"
    b->a->a = 12;     // bad: I typed "b->a.a"
    b->a->a = 12;     // bad: I typed "b.a.a"
    a->a = 12;        // correct: I typed "a->a"
    a->a = 12;        // correct: I typed "a.a"
}

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Originally posted by sean

If you pause for half a second after typing each symbol name in a chain (each letter in these cases), does it work properly?

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