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Article #1054Re: Proposed: "closures"
From: William M Miller
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1991 23:13
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1991 23:13
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gyro@kestrel.edu (Scott Layson Burson) writes: > That leaves us with the question of declaration syntax. Hmm... Well, > even though I think it's ugly, there is precedent for the use of the > `&' in place of the `*' in a declarator to declare "something sortof > like a pointer". (Though I wouldn't want to use `&&'.) Geez, I'm > really not too crazy about this but I can't think of anything better > offhand. That leaves us with: >... > int (&cl)(), (*pf)(); Sorry, "int (&cl)()" already means something: a reference to a function (yes, it is legal). You'll have to keep looking for a closure syntax. -- William M. Miller, Glockenspiel, Ltd. wmm@world.std.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!world!wmm From: wmm@world.std.com (William M Miller) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposed: "closures" Keywords: proposal, closures, function pointers Message-ID: <1991Apr28.231328.2064@world.std.com> Date: 28 Apr 91 23:13:28 GMT References: <1991Apr12.081539.22690@kestrel.edu> <1991Apr23.032208.3264@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1991Apr26.023303.12141@kestrel.edu> Distribution: comp.std.c++ Organization: Glockenspiel, Ltd. Lines: 15