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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Function pointer syntax peculiarity
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 13:14:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  3 13:14:49 1984
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Guy Harris is correct.  The lack of need to * a pointer to function when
using it in a call is a PCCism, dating back at least to V7.  (I tried it
on my V7 some while ago, when I noticed that the then-current ANSI C
draft had legitimized this usage; cc objected but pcc took it.)
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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