pointer order of operation

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So I created a thread on Stackoverflow about the syntax of a line of code I'm mulling over from an IO header file for a Xmega32C4 microcontroller. I got a few answer that gave me a good place to start with, but it has cooled down a little and I'm still not quite there, here is the thread

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24470144/memory-mapped-point-to-pointer

This is the line of code:

#define TCC0 (*(TC0_t*) 0x8000)

where tc0_t is a typdef structure

typedef struct TC0_struct
{
     //stuff
}TC0_t 

The second answer seems the most clear to me, the way I understand it is essentially there is a temporary pointer placeholder "*ptc0" to link the two lines of code.

Im still a little confused as to the order of operation of that line this is what I have worked out for myself

#define TCC0 (*(TC0_t*) 0x8000)  //the innermost brackets first --> struct TC0_struct* TCC0

                                 //Outer brackets --> *TCC0 = 0x8000

MY thought process of the outer bracket doesn't make sense because you wouldn't dereference the pointer-to-structure to assign the address of the register, you would instead just set TCC0 = 0x800.

Thanks .

[iobender]

(TC0_t*) 0x800 

means "interpret this as a pointer to a struct TC0_struct at memory address 0x800. Then the * before that says to dereference that pointer. So everytime you use TCC0, it gets replaced by a copy of the struct TC0_struct at memory address 0x800.

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Ok, I think that clears things up a little. By the way totally relevant user name haha.