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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.theory
Subject: Re: Every sufficiently competent C programmer knows
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:00:50 +0000
Organization: Fix this later
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On 12/03/2025 09:49, Mikko wrote:
> On 2025-03-11 18:23:24 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:
> 
>> int rhc(unsigned int i)
>> {
>>    typedef int(*pf)(unsigned int);
>>    pf arr[3] = {rha, rhb, rhc};
>>    return arr[i % 3];
> 
> The return instruction has wrong type.

Good spot, but no, it's fine. The bug is elsewhere. That line 
should read:

return arr[i % 3](i);

arr is of type int(*)(unsigned int)[3]
arr[i % 3] is of type int(*)(unsigned int)
arr[i % 3](i) is a function call returning int

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