funcptrs.c


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void say1(void)
{
    printf("hello, world!\n");
}

void say2(void)
{
    printf("hello bro!\n");
}

/* quite silly function, it is better to return an int and modify a parameter */
void (*swap_say( void (*current_say)(void) )) (void)
{
    if (!current_say)
        return NULL;

    void (*ret)(void) = NULL;

    if (current_say == &say1)
        ret = say2;
    else
        ret = say1;

    return ret;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    void (*say_fptr)(void) = say1;
    say_fptr();

    /* now modfiy the above func ptr */
    say_fptr = swap_say(say_fptr);
    say_fptr();

    return 0;
}