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From: mcdaniel@adi.com (Tim McDaniel)
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Subject: Re: A question on Function declaration
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Date: 13 Feb 91 20:45:14 GMT
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The program cdecl is helpful in such cases, although I think it's
better to work with a precedence chart to figure out what it should
be.

   declare f as function (int, int) returning pointer to function
      (float) returning int
yields
   int (*f(int , int ))(float )
and
   declare f as function returning pointer to function returning int
yields
   int (*f())()

You can use one or the other depending on whether you have prototypes
available or not.

It has been posted on the net; e-mail me for a copy if you have to,
but please check a comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.misc archive
site first.

--
"I'd hang you from my nipples ... but it would shock the children."

Tim McDaniel                 Applied Dynamics Int'l.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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