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From: pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt)
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Subject: Re: Function pointers and lack of type conversion in Think C
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Date: 3 Nov 90 05:50:54 GMT
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In article <HANCHE.90Nov2180656@hufsa.imf.unit.no> hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) writes:
>Executive summary:  Bug in Think C -- If a function is called via a
>function pointer then automatic type conversion of its args does not
>take place.
>

Not a bug, but a missing feature (that would be nice to have).  If you'd
read the TC4 manual, language reference, page 441, you'd see:

"Prototype arguments which are not associated with a named function are
permitted, but not honored.  For example:

int (*fn)(int n);		/* prototype ignored */		"

Jonathan

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