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From: rpd@Apple.COM (Rick Daley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Can LSC call a Pascal function pointer?
Keywords: LSC,Pascal functions
Message-ID: <1491@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Apr 89 01:17:58 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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OK, everyone knows that you can create a function that follows Pascal
calling conventions by using the "pascal" keyword.  But, what if you
want to declare a pointer to one of these functions and then call it?
I'm using LSC 3.0 and I can't figure out how to do it.  I even resorted
to looking through the manual.

In MPW, I can do this:

typedef pascal long (*routinePtr)(OSErr err, ushort ignoreThis);

But in LSC, I can't get the compiler to accept either the "pascal" keyword
or a parameter list in the typedef.  The only solution I know of is to
call the routine via inline assembler.  What's a poor programmer to do?

						Rick Daley
						rpd@apple.com