OT: Programming in C

[Bill Davidsen]

Steven W. Orr wrote:

> Quiz for next Friday. What are these and what's the difference between 
> them:
> 
> int     (*(**p)[])(int)
declare p as pointer to pointer to array of pointer to function (int) 
returning int

> and
> int     *(*(**p)[])(int)
declare p as pointer to pointer to array of pointer to function (int) 
returning pointer to int

I would really want to see both a justification of method and 
certificate of sanity to someone who actually used either. I can just 
barely justify pointer to array of function returning int (state 
machines), these look like something a compiler compiler would do.

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