C Function Parameters

[Tyro]

Could someone please tell me if I'm reading the following correctly

	int myfunc(MyStruct *ms, void * (*allocF)(size_t s))

The second parameter above [void * (*allocF)(size_t s)], is a pointer to 
a function that accepts a size_t parameter and returns a void pointer? 
If so, I have two questions:

	1) Why is the function  pointed to being dereferenced? Why [(*allocF)] 
instead of [(allocF)]?

	2) Is [void function(size_t s) allocF] a suitable replacement or would 
it be better to use a delegate?

Thanks
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Andrew C. Edwards
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