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From: jat@blnt1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Lattice 3.02 Question (3.02)
Message-ID: <116@blnt1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Aug-86 09:22:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: blnt1.116
Posted: Wed Aug  6 09:22:58 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Aug-86 05:06:43 EDT
References: <308@curly.ucla-cs.ARPA>
Reply-To: jat@blnt1.UUCP (John A Tamplin)
Organization: Blount Brothers Corp., Montgomery AL
Lines: 25
Keywords: Lattice, bug

In article <308@curly.ucla-cs.ARPA> sdk@zeus.UUCP (Scott D Kalter) writes:
>bar() {
> int (*funptr)();   /* I believe this is the correct declaration */
>
> funptr = foo;      /* this line compiles without error */
> funptr();          /* this line generates an ERROR so no quad file is made */
>}

The correct syntax for calling a function through a pointer is:

bar()
{
	int	(*funptr)();

	funptr=foo;
	(*funptr)();
}

funptr is a pointer to a function returning integer, so *funptr is a function
returning integer.  The parentheses are necessary because () binds more
tightly that does *.

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