diff --git a/backends/GenerateC.hs b/backends/GenerateC.hs
index 5250a11..c5dc24e 100644
--- a/backends/GenerateC.hs
+++ b/backends/GenerateC.hs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ data GenOps = GenOps {
     genConversionSymbol :: GenOps -> A.Type -> A.Type -> A.ConversionMode -> CGen (),
     genDecl :: GenOps -> A.AbbrevMode -> A.Type -> A.Name -> CGen (),
     genDeclType :: GenOps -> A.AbbrevMode -> A.Type -> CGen (),
+    -- | Generates a declaration of a variable of the specified type and name
     genDeclaration :: GenOps -> A.Type -> A.Name -> CGen (),
     genDirectedVariable :: GenOps -> CGen () -> A.Direction -> CGen (),
     genDyadic :: GenOps -> Meta -> A.DyadicOp -> A.Expression -> A.Expression -> CGen (),
@@ -1168,29 +1169,30 @@ cdeclareType ops t = call genType ops t
 
 -- | Generate a declaration of a new variable.
 cgenDeclaration :: GenOps -> A.Type -> A.Name -> CGen ()
-cgenDeclaration ops (A.Chan {}) n
+-- Channels are of type "Channel", but channel-ends are of type "Channel*"
+cgenDeclaration ops (A.Chan A.DirUnknown _ _) n
     =  do tell ["Channel "]
           genName n
-          tell [";\n"]
+          tell [";"]
 cgenDeclaration ops (A.Array ds t) n
     =  do call declareType ops t
           tell [" "]
           genName n
           call genFlatArraySize ops ds
-          tell [";\n"]
+          tell [";"]
           call declareArraySizes ops ds n
 cgenDeclaration ops t n
     =  do call declareType ops t
           tell [" "]
           genName n
-          tell [";\n"]
+          tell [";"]
 
 -- | Generate the size of the C array that an occam array of the given
 -- dimensions maps to.
 cgenFlatArraySize :: GenOps -> [A.Dimension] -> CGen ()
 cgenFlatArraySize ops ds
     =  do tell ["["]
-          sequence $ intersperse (tell [" * "])
+          sequence $ intersperse (tell ["*"])
                                  [case d of A.Dimension n -> tell [show n] | d <- ds]
           tell ["]"]
 
diff --git a/backends/GenerateCPPCSP.hs b/backends/GenerateCPPCSP.hs
index 9d49b96..4f5da9b 100644
--- a/backends/GenerateCPPCSP.hs
+++ b/backends/GenerateCPPCSP.hs
@@ -649,11 +649,11 @@ cppgenProcCall ops n as
 -- | Changed from CIF's untyped channels to C++CSP's typed (templated) channels, and changed the declaration type of an array to be a vector.
 cppdeclareType :: GenOps -> A.Type -> CGen ()
 cppdeclareType ops (A.Array ds t)
-    = do tell [" std::vector< "]
+    = do tell ["std::vector<"]
          call genType ops t
          tell ["/**/>/**/"]
 cppdeclareType ops (A.Counted countType valueType)
-    = do tell [" std::vector< "]    
+    = do tell ["std::vector<"]
          case valueType of
            --Don't nest when it's a counted array of arrays:
            (A.Array _ t) -> call genType ops t
@@ -685,9 +685,9 @@ cppgenDeclaration ops arrType@(A.Array ds t) n
     =  do call declareType ops arrType
           tell [" "]
           genName n
-          tell ["_actual ("]
+          tell ["_actual("]
           call genFlatArraySize ops ds
-          tell ["); "]
+          tell [");"]
           call genType ops arrType
           tell [" "]
           genName n;
@@ -695,12 +695,12 @@ cppgenDeclaration ops arrType@(A.Array ds t) n
           genName n
           tell ["_actual,tockDims("]
           genDims ds
-          tell ["));\n"]
+          tell ["));"]
 cppgenDeclaration ops t n
     =  do call declareType ops t
           tell [" "]
           genName n
-          tell [";\n"]
+          tell [";"]
 
 -- | Changed because of channel arrays.
 cppdeclareInit :: GenOps -> Meta -> A.Type -> A.Variable -> Maybe (CGen ())
diff --git a/backends/GenerateCTest.hs b/backends/GenerateCTest.hs
index 30592a9..fb59c58 100644
--- a/backends/GenerateCTest.hs
+++ b/backends/GenerateCTest.hs
@@ -243,6 +243,48 @@ testArraySubscript = TestList
    stateTrans = defineName (simpleName "foo") $ simpleDefDecl "foo" (A.Array [A.Dimension 7,A.Dimension 8,A.Dimension 8] A.Int)
    m = "\"" ++ show emptyMeta ++ "\""
 
+testDeclaration :: Test
+testDeclaration = TestList
+ [
+  --Simple: 
+  testBothSame "genDeclaration 0" "int foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration A.Int foo)
+  
+  --Channels and channel-ends:
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 1" "Channel foo;" "csp::One2OneChannel<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirUnknown (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 2" "Channel foo;" "csp::Any2OneChannel<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirUnknown (A.ChanAttributes True False) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 3" "Channel foo;" "csp::One2AnyChannel<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirUnknown (A.ChanAttributes False True) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 4" "Channel foo;" "csp::Any2AnyChannel<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirUnknown (A.ChanAttributes True True) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 5" "Channel* foo;" "csp::Chanin<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirInput (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 6" "Channel* foo;" "csp::Chanin<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirInput (A.ChanAttributes False True) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 7" "Channel* foo;" "csp::Chanout<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirOutput (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 8" "Channel* foo;" "csp::Chanout<int> foo;" (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Chan A.DirOutput (A.ChanAttributes True False) A.Int) foo)  
+  
+  --Arrays (of simple):
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 100" "int foo[8];const int foo_sizes[]={8};" "std::vector<int> foo_actual(8);tockArrayView<int,1> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8] A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 101" "int foo[8*9];const int foo_sizes[]={8,9};" "std::vector<int> foo_actual(8*9);tockArrayView<int,2> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8,9));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8,A.Dimension 9] A.Int) foo)
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 102" "int foo[8*9*10];const int foo_sizes[]={8,9,10};" "std::vector<int> foo_actual(8*9*10);tockArrayView<int,3> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8,9,10));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8,A.Dimension 9,A.Dimension 10] A.Int) foo)
+  
+  --Arrays of channels and channel-ends:
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 200" "Channel* foo[8];const int foo_sizes[]={8};"
+    "std::vector<csp::One2OneChannel<int>*> foo_actual(8);tockArrayView<csp::One2OneChannel<int>*,1> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8] $ A.Chan A.DirUnknown (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 201" "Channel* foo[8*9];const int foo_sizes[]={8,9};"
+    "std::vector<csp::One2OneChannel<int>*> foo_actual(8*9);tockArrayView<csp::One2OneChannel<int>*,2> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8,9));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8, A.Dimension 9] $ A.Chan A.DirUnknown (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+    
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 202" "Channel* foo[8];const int foo_sizes[]={8};"
+    "std::vector<csp::Chanin<int>> foo_actual(8);tockArrayView<csp::Chanin<int>,1> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8] $ A.Chan A.DirInput (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+
+  ,testBoth "genDeclaration 203" "Channel* foo[8*9];const int foo_sizes[]={8,9};"
+    "std::vector<csp::Chanout<int>> foo_actual(8*9);tockArrayView<csp::Chanout<int>,2> foo(foo_actual,tockDims(8,9));"
+    (tcall2 genDeclaration (A.Array [A.Dimension 8, A.Dimension 9] $ A.Chan A.DirOutput (A.ChanAttributes False False) A.Int) foo)
+ ]
+
 ---Returns the list of tests:
 tests :: Test
 tests = TestList
@@ -250,6 +292,7 @@ tests = TestList
    testActuals
    ,testArraySizes
    ,testArraySubscript
+   ,testDeclaration
    ,testGenType
    ,testStop
  ]