Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Function pointer syntax peculiarity Message-ID: <4723@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 13:14:49 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4723 Posted: Mon Dec 3 13:14:49 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 3-Dec-84 13:14:49 EST References: <396@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <1178@bbncca.ARPA>, <269@rlgvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 7 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.) -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry