reg@vaxine.UUCP (Rick Genter) (08/27/85)
I couldn't resist trying this. Cdecl claims no problem declaring
something to be a pointer to a function returning a pointer to a function
returning int:
Script started on Tue Aug 27 09:27:43 1985
% cdecl
declare x as pointer to function returning pointer to function returning int
int (*(*x)())()
%
Script done on Tue Aug 27 09:28:32 1985
No, that's not lisp ... :-)
- reg
Rick Genter
Automatix Inc.
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(Note: As of next week (9/3/85) I will be at BBN Labs. I don't know what my
new electronic address will be).chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (08/28/85)
> I couldn't resist trying this. Cdecl claims no problem declaring > something to be a pointer to a function returning a pointer to a > function returning int: There *is* no problem declaring that. The problem is declaring a function returning a pointer to a function returning a pointer to a function returning a pointer to a ..., ad infinitum. *There is no base type in the definition*. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland