why (ptr ->* funcPtr) () and not (ptr -> *funcPtr) () ?

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From: kristofer stenberg
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 00:00

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Say I have an object Dog and a method Dog::run().
ptr is a pointer to Dog and funcPtr is pointer to run(). First I try to call
run() with (ptr ->*   funcPtr) () and it works fine. Then I try (ptr ->
*funcPtr) ()
and its an error. A space between -> and * shouldnt make a difference,
should it?

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