From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: C++ problem
Date:	Thu, 01 Oct 1998 11:55:10 -0700
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Endlisnis wrote:

>     This is wrong.  It would take the address of the variable
> containing the
> address of the function.

No.  In these cases PrintMode0 and PrintMode1 are both member function
pointers of the appropriate class and prototype for the member function
pointer which will be used to store them.  The class designation (e.g.,
&Test::PrintMode0) is not necessary because these entities are being
referenced within the scope of that class already, so they are not
needed (e.g., &PrintMode0).

Note that even in ANSI C, using the address-of operator on a function
has no effect; it's superfluous, but it certainly doesn't "take the
address of the variable containing the address of the function," since
there is no such thing.

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