------- Comment #1 from raeburn at raeburn dot org 2009-07-03 06:45 ------- (In reply to comment #0) > , but it does not seem to recognize that the following is also a valid > prototype: > > int count * ( demo_counter * self, int count_amt );
It isn't. > Following the traditional "right-then-left" rule, BOTH of these should be > parsed as: "count is a pointer to a function which accepts a demo_counter > pointer and an int and returns an int.". But the second one results in a > compilation error with gcc. After more than 20 years working with C (and with the C language specification), I've never seen this supposed "traditional" construct. My experience on Windows is weak; maybe it's some strange Microsoft extension? It's not part of the C language specification. If you believe otherwise, please find a reference for it... -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40627
