Hackaday

Directly Executing Chunks Of Memory: Function Pointers In C

In the first part of this series, we covered the basics of pointers in C, and went on to more complex arrangements and pointer arithmetic in the second part. Both times, we focused solely on pointers ...
EDN

Function pointers, Part 2: Task scheduling

One of the most common applications for using function pointers is in task schedulers. Every embedded system contains some type of task scheduler whether it is a simple round robin loop or a state of ...
EDN

Function pointers, Part 3: State machines

Function pointers can be used for a wide variety of applications including the implementation of state machines. Just like any tool, it may not always be appropriate to use function pointers for a ...
Hackaday

function pointers

Embedded programming is a tricky task that looks straightforward to the uninitiated, but those with a few decades of experience know differently. Getting what you want to work predictably or even fit ...
Ars Technica

Casting an int to a function pointer in C

First off, I'll have coded a workaround before you read this. But now I've got a bee up my bu, errr, bonnett.<BR><BR>I'm writing test code in C, and I need 100 pointers to (unique) functions. I'm ...
Ars Technica

Does the 'this' pointer do the virtual function goodness?

I ask because it doesn't seem to be for me. I've got a number of classes that inherit from a base class with some virtual functions. When I have a base class pointer everything works fine as it should ...