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C++ Language/ProgramFlow/FunctionPointer
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In traditional C++, a function could be passed-around using "function-pointer" variables.
For example, this type alias specifies a pointer to a function that converts a float-pointer into an integer: typedef int (*PTPFTOI)(float*);.
Additional information about function-pointers