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From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: Standard type for code pointers?
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:10:30PM +0000, Joseph Koshy wrote:
> > Except that intptr_t need only be large enough to hold an 
> > object pointer.  This is not necessarily enough to hold a 
> > function pointer.
> 
> Right.
> 
> > The only standard types that are guaranteed to be able to hold
> > a function pointer are other function pointers.
> 
> Right, but there doesn't seem to be a C99 name for function
> pointer types.

No, but since any function pointer type is large enough to hold any
function pointer you can just pick one.
(But when you actually call a function pointer, it must be a pointer of
the correct type.)


> 
> Is 'register_t' guaranteed to be wide enough?

No idea.  It is not part of the C standard anyway.



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