From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Array of Functions
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 20:45:49 +0000
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Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> 
> Recently (today), I tried to set up an array of functions to process data
> (This way, I can just call a function from an array, using the data type
> ID as an index into the array, and have it processed appropriately).
> Unfortunatley, djgpp doesn't seem to like this.  Specifically, it gave me
> the error:
> fe.c(10): declaration of 'Element_Functions' as array of functions,
> 
> and died on me.  Does anyone have thoughts about how to solve this?
> Thanx in advance,

Hmm... we can't tell what your problem is without a specific code
sample.  But if I were to declare an array of functions, this is how I'd
do it:

typedef int (*ARRAY_FUN) ( DATA data, int foo );

ARRAY_FUN function_list[] =
{
    handle_zorks,
    handle_erks,
    handle_dits,
    handle_dats,
    NULL
};

Of course, all the above functions must be in scope at the time the
array is initialized, and must all match the above typedef.  You can
skip the typedef step (although it makes things harder) by doing the
following:

int (*(function_list[])) ( DATA data, int foo ) =
{
    /* ... */
};

To access the array from a function, follow this example:

    (*function_list[i]) ( data, foo );

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