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From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: function pointers
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:06:15 -0700
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Jeff wrote:

> I know there is a way to do this in DJGPP 2.0, can somebody just tell me
> how?

This will work in any ANSI C compiler:

/* funcptr is a function pointer which takes two ints and has no return */
    typedef void (*funcptr)(int, int);

/* Here's a prototype for a real function which will assign to our function 
pointer */
    extern void sampleFunction(int x, int y);

/* Declare a function pointer */
    funcptr fp;

/* Assign it -- any reference to a function name without the call operator 
() decays to a function pointer of that type */
    fp = sampleFunction;

/* Now call it */
    fp(12, 13);

/* Note that the following is also exactly equivalent to the above; 
dereferencing function pointers is ignored, but is sometimes useful if 
you want to emphasize that it's a function pointer you're using */
    (*fp)(12, 13);


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