Translation of C function pointer.

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Thursday 16 September 2010 23:50:16 Kagamin wrote:
> BCS Wrote:
> > The trick is that function pointers are best read from the inside out.
> 
> All C declarations are read from inside out, postfixes take precedence,
> that's why you have to use braces to give pointer higher precedence. One
> of the earlier books by Stroustroup gives a nice monster of arrays,
> pointers and functions to master understanding of declarations.

It's essentially the same principle that makes it so that the D declaration

int[4][3] a;

is an array with 3 rows and 4 columns rather than 4 rows and 3 columns like 
you'd expect.

- Jonathan M Davis