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From: naftoli@aecom.yu.edu (Robert N. Berlinger)
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Subject: Re: ULTRIX-32 VAX C compiler bug
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Date: 22 Mar 89 18:37:49 GMT
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In article <85725@felix.UUCP>, kjones@talos.UUCP (Kyle Jones) writes:
> Anyone know why vcc(1) gripes about pointers to functions being used
> as functions.  Example:
> main()
> {
>     int atoi();
>     int (*ascii_to_integer)() = atoi;
> 
>     ascii_to_integer("3");
> }

The function call should be

	(*ascii_to_integer)("3");

K&R has an example, check out page 116, 1st edition,
or page 120, 2nd edition.

Robert
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