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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: help with declaration
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Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 14:30:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 19 14:30:57 1987
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atc@ut-sally.UUCP (Alvin T. Campbell III) writes:
> 	I have a question for all you C wizards out there. I want to write 
> a function which returns a pointer to another function. I checked Kernighan
> & Ritchie and Harbison & Steele, but found no solution.

int (*(f ())) ();

reading inside out:
	f is
	a function which returns
	a pointer to
	a function which returns
	int

Though this may not be discussed explicitly in K&R or H&S, it is
implied by the grammar and semantics discussed by both of them.

Dale
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