From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Pointer to a function & calling this function after...
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Date:	Wed, 03 Dec 1997 23:31:00 +0000
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Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
[snip]
> void pix8(int x, int y, int c) { /* ...  */}
> void pix24(int x, int y, int c) { /* ... */ }
> int main(void) /* main() must ALWAYS return int */
> {
>    void (*pix_func)();

Wouldn't void (*pix_func)( int, int, int ); be a better type for this
variable?  Constraining the argument types of function pointers can
prevent all sorts of nasty bugs.

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