Why aren't objects of type 'id' initialized as pointers with a '*' in Objective-C?

Question

If I\'m using Objective-C, here\'s how I declare an initialize an int:

int a = 1;

vs an object:

myObj *a = [[myObj alloc] init]         


        

Answer 1

Because id is defined as:

typedef struct objc_object {
    Class isa;
} *id;

So it's already a pointer.