The C language allows you to provide a pointer to a function, just like a pointer to a variable. In both cases, a C pointer contains the address and the type information about the entity being pointed ...

In the first part of this series, we covered the basics of pointers in C, and went on to more complex arrangements and pointer arithmetic in the second part. Both times, we focused solely on pointe… ...

Conveniently, some of C’s features, both in the language and the pre-processor, can be co-opted into providing Modula-like capabilities. These features, in conjunction with a set of conventions, make ...

I'm trying to cast my function to an int, add an offset, and cast it back to a function pointer (I don't plan on calling the pointers).

This may fall under the heading of "Don't do that" but did cause me to be slightly curious.What would happen if you say, created a pointer to a function that took three ints as arguments, but then ...