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From: jerry@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Jerry J. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: More problems with passing functions as arguments.
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Date: 21 Mar 91 11:40:06 GMT
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In article <27546@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> pm0@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Patrick Martin) writes:

[original code deleted]

>This code works fine when compiled with gcc or my compiler at home.
>When compiled with some of the older implementations of C it fails.
>
>Is there a way I can get this to run with some of the older versions
>of C?

The following compiles under either gcc or cc (non-ANSI).

    void function(i)
        int i;
    {
        printf("\nThe Number Is: %d\n\n",i);
    }
    
    pass_me_a_function(f)
        void (*f)();
    {
        f(1);
    }
    
    main()
    {
        pass_me_a_function(function);
    }

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