This may sound like a Rube-Goldberg device... (C++ syntax)

[Zorgoth]

Ok, this sounds ridiculous. In fact, it is ridiculous. But I want to pass by reference a pointer, which is to pointers, which are to functions of doubles returning doubles in C++. I've tried virtually every possible combination of *s, and every time I get a compiler error. What should I do here?

[snova]

Typedefs are your friend. :)

A function pointer:


typedef double (*funcptr)(double);

A pointer to a function pointer:


typedef funcptr* funcptrptr;

A function that takes a pointer to a function pointer:


double otherfunc(funcptrptr tmp, double y);

Quick example:


int main()
{
funcptr ptr = some_func;
funcptrptr ptr2 = &ptr;
double z = other_func(ptr2, 4.2);
printf("%f\n", z);
}

[Zorgoth]

Thanks!