Passing around a list of differently typed functions

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:30:12 -0400, Ali Çehreli <acehreli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 06/22/2014 11:32 PM, FreeSlave wrote:> On Monday, 23 June 2014 at  
> 01:16:49 UTC, Evan Davis wrote:
>  >> As the subject says, I would like to pass around an array of
>  >> functions. The trick is, that the functions have different type
>  >> signatures. Is there a way to put the two functions
>  >>
>  >> int foo(int a, int b);
>  >> bool bar(bool a, bool b);
>  >>
>  >> into one array, that I can pass around and cast as necessary?
>  >>
>  >> Thanks, Evan
>  >
>  > You can pass them as pointers, for example cast to void*. But you  
> still
>  > need correct signature to cast pointer to actual type before call  
> function.
>
> In C and C++, void* is for data pointers only. As function pointers are  
> a different kind of beast, casting to and from void* is undefined  
> behavior. (Note: It works on all common platforms.)

Wow, really? That is strange.

> I wonder whether D has any decision on that.

I would hope it's defined. A pointer is a pointer.

-Steve