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From: ta@swsrv1.uucp (Tom Armistead)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Returning a pointer to a function
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.205433.9958@swsrv1.uucp>
Date: 25 Mar 91 20:54:33 GMT
References: <1991Mar25.094620.70@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com>
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In article <1991Mar25.094620.70@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com> magnuson@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com (Randy Magnuson - Honeywell Inc.) writes:
>I am writing an application that needs a function that returns a pointer to a
>function (which returns an int).  Can anyone send me an example of how to
>declare such a function?

There is a program called cdecl in the Unix archives that you need to get. It
will take an english description of what you want and give you a C declaration
or vice-versa.

Ex.
   cdecl> declare func as function returning pointer to function returning int
   cdecl> int (*func())()

Where the 1st line is what you type in and the second is cdecl's response...

The stuff is in Volume14: cdecl2.1.Z and cdecl2.2.Z

Tom
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