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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Invoking pointers to functions (C sytle)
Message-ID: <10488:Dec220:59:2790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 90 20:59:27 GMT
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In article <1990Dec1.232604.13487@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
  [ calling a pointer to a function ]
> I'd say the code is clearer
> and more portable if you make the `*' explicit.

More portable, yes. However, it would be clearer if all function calls
were through pointers. The object referred to by a function name is
implemented as a constant pointer to the code of the function; the
language should accurately reflect this.

---Dan


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