Functions returning pointers to functions

[George Hart]

I'm sorry I've lost the original reference but someone asked
how to declare a function returning a pointer to a function
(returning whatever).

Here's some trivial code that illustrates one way.  Using typedef's is better
way especially if you are going to use multiple levels of indirection
(maybe not a good idea to begin with).

extern int printf();

main()
{
    int (*func())();

    (func())("This is the %dst string.\n",1);
}

int (*func())()
{
    return(printf);
}

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Regards,

George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.
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