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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 10:55:39 -0300
To: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak <csrabak AT dce03 DOT ipt DOT br>
Subject: Re: Function pointers (was ...)
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At 08:44 30/07/97 -0700, Erik Max Francis wrote:

>    int (*fp)(void);
>
>    fp();
>    (*fp)();
>    (********************fp)();
>
>The latter call through a function pointer is, believe it or not,
>perfectly good ANSI C.
           ^^^^

I would rather agree if the wording was 'sintactically correct', 'cause
_good_ code should (at least in theory) generate a correct, preferable
eficient binary, but also be clear for humans to read and ease the
maintenance of the code.

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