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Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
structure?

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kelvSYC <> writes:

> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

Please define "variable function".

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

No, but you may have a pointer to a function.
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kelvSYC wrote:

> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

I checked the index in Maclennan, and the index in the Dragon book, for
"variable function". No dice. What do you mean by it?

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

You can have a function pointer as a structure member.

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kelvSYC <> wrote:
# Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

Yes.

# Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
# structure?

Yes.

(cd /tmp
cat <<':eof' >t.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef int (*func)(char *s);
typedef struct {func f; char *s;} object;

int X(char *s) {printf("X-%s-X\n",s); return 1;}
int Y(char *s) {printf("Y-%s-Y\n",s); return 2;}

object choose(char *s) {
object o; o.s = s;
switch (*s) {
case 'x': o.f = X; break;
case 'y': o.f = Y; break;
}
return o;
}
int apply(object o) {return o.f(o.s);}

int main(int N,char **P) {
int r = apply(choose(P[1]));
printf("return %d\n");
return 0;
}
:eof
cc t.c
a.out xyzzy)

X-xyzzy-X
return 0

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On 14 Sep 2003 01:28:31 GMT, kelvSYC <> wrote
in comp.lang.c:

> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

What do you mean by a variable function? If you mean a function like
printf(), that accepts a variable number and type of arguments, the
standard header <stdarg.h> provides macros for writing such functions.

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

You can have a pointer to a function as a member of a structure.

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kelvSYC wrote:
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> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

I don't know what a variable function is.

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

You can have a pointer to a function, as a member in a structure.

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kelvSYC wrote:
> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

What specifically do you mean by "variable function"?

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

Functions live in a different address space than data, so no.
Quite probably you should consider using a *pointer* to a
function; the pointer lives in data space.
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kelvSYC wrote:
> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

Which is exactly what ? Not being sure what you mean, I suggest taking a
look at the way varargs work (e.g. in printf()). Another thing to look at
are function-pointer.

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

No. What for, anyways ? If you want a _member_function, use C++.

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In article <clcm-20030913->, kelvSYC
<> writes
>Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?
>
>Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
>structure?

Not in C, though you could have a function pointer if that is any help
to you.


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In 'comp.lang.c', kelvSYC <> wrote:

> Can variable functions be implemented in C, and if so, how?

What the hell is a 'variable function'? Maybe you want a pointer to a
function? Or are you talking about class function member? In this case, you
want C++ instead of C.

> Also, can you have a function or a function prototype as a member in a
> structure?

No. All you can have is a pointer to a function. Once correctly initialized,
it is callable.

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