Doubts in c

[santoshschool]

Hi, I am new this group. This group helped me a lot in knowing many
things. Can anybody explain me the difference between "Pointer to
Function" and "Function Pointer". Whether these two mean the
same.Wating for ur reply guys.

 

[Tydr Schnubbis]

Hi, I am new this group. This group helped me a lot in knowing many
things. Can anybody explain me the difference between "Pointer to
Function" and "Function Pointer". Whether these two mean the
same.Wating for ur reply guys.

It's the same thing. Do you have a specific reason to ask?

 

[Richard Heathfield]

(e-mail address removed) said:

Hi, I am new this group. This group helped me a lot in knowing many
things. Can anybody explain me the difference between "Pointer to
Function" and "Function Pointer". Whether these two mean the
same.Wating for ur reply guys.

This came up recently, but hey, it's Christmas, so here's the answer again.

A pointer to function is a value which, if dereferenced, calls the function
pointed to.

A function pointer is either an indeterminate value, a null value, or a
pointer to function.