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From: danr@hcx2.SSD.HARRIS.COM
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: help with a MESSY C definition!!?
Message-ID: <44100015@hcx2>
Date: 19 Nov 88 18:59:00 GMT
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/* Written 12:09 am  Nov 16, 1988 by dlee@s.cs.uiuc.edu in hcx2:comp.lang.c */
/* ---------- "help with a MESSY C definition!!?" ---------- */

> [intro]  I
> need the syntax of definition for an array (of arbitrary size) of pointers to
> functions returning pointers to integer (HOW'S *THAT* FOR A DOOZY!!!).  My
> closest (possibly correct) guess follows:
>
> 	int *(*opfuncs[])() = {
>		.
>		.
>		.
>	};
>
>I would appreciate any corrections/verifications.
> Doug Lee
/* End of text from hcx2:comp.lang.c */

	By my copy of cdecl:
	
	me: "explain int *(*opfuncs[])()"
	cdecl: "declare opfuncs as array of pointer to function returning 
		pointer to int"

	so it looks as though you hit the right one on the first shot.
	Good luck.

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