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From: jason@hpcnoe.UUCP (Jason Zions)
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Subject: Re: Calling functions via pointers
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Date: Sun, 2-Nov-86 17:00:18 EST
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It's a common "corruption" of C, based on the question:
"Shucks, it's a pointer to a function; what the heck else are ya gonna
 do with the dang thing except dereference it, i.e. call what it points to?"

Technically, the explicit dereference is required, i.e. ((*action)())
Pcc-based implementation imply the dereference as necessary. I don't even know
if 4.[23] lint would complain about this one.
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