EDN

Function pointers: An introduction

A critical tool when developing an embedded system in C is an understanding of how pointers work. Misunderstanding pointer fundamentals can result in long hours spent debugging a system or a hidden ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ars Technica

Benefits of C# delegates vs C/C++ function pointers

Delegates are type safe function pointers *with an optional this pointer* thus no need to pass one round yourself. Obviously their utility is much enhanced in contract to C++ by virtue of being part ...
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 ...
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 ...