The Function Pointer Tutorials

Extensive Index

1.  Introduction to Function Pointers

2.  The Syntax of C and C++ Function Pointers

3.  How to Implement Callbacks in C and C++ ?

4.  Functors to encapsulate C and C++ Function Pointers

5.  Topic Specific Links

 

5.1  Introductions to Function Pointers

• Using Member Function Pointers  A detailed article from the borland community. Originally intended for their product BC3.1 but in fact platform independent and still updated.  [Article]
• Classes having Pointers to Members Chapter 15 of the C++ Annotations by Frank Brokken.  [Tutorial]
• C++ FAQ-Lite  FAQ of the newsgroup news.comp.lang.c++. This link points to the part about pointers to member functions.  [FAQ]
• Pointing to Class Members  A short and practical article about how to work with pointers to member functions.  [Tutorial]
• Declaring Function Pointers and Implementing Callbacks  A short and practical article about function pointers in C. Also says something about calling conventions which belong to a function's signature.  [Tutorial]
• Notes on Function Pointers   Short one page tutorial tries to illuminate the idea of generic programming: Seperating algorithm and data. Example of how to use function pointers with container classes, i.e. calling a user supplied function for each container element. [Tutorial]

 

• Callbacks in C++  A free callback library and a scientific but still practical callback paper illuminating almost all possible ways to make callbacks. Complete source code for each step presented in the paper. [Site]
• Callbacks in C++ using Template Functors  A detailed paper by Rich Hickey on the concept of callbacks and the usage of template functors to realize them. Documentation to Rich Hickey's free C++ Callback Library. As his site is off you may download the library here.  [Article]
• Callbacks in C++ using Template Functors II  Tutorial of how to use Rich Hickey's callback mechanisms. Also explains why other, more trivial solutions, are bad.  [Tutorial]
• Myelin: How to write Callbacks in C++ and COM  Short article explaining how to make callbacks using a pure virtual class.  [Article]
• Myelin: Implementing delegates in C++   How to realize delegates in C++ ... [Article]
• Callbacks in C++: The OO Way    [Article]
• C++ Callback Solution   Making callbacks to members using templates. [Article]
• Member Function Pointers and the Fastest Possible C++ Delegates   How to realize delegates in C++ ... [Article]
• Callbacks   A short page about callbacks and functors.  [Tutorial]
• Comparison of Callback Mechanisms   Article compares usability and performance of five alternatives for implementing callback mechanisms in C++.  [Article]
• libsigc++   Most complete callback library of its kind with the ablity to connect an abstract callback to a class method, function, or function object.  [Library]
• Library Boost/Function   Function object wrappers for deferred calls or callbacks from Doug Gregor. Documentation! Download at www.boost.org  [Library]
• Library Boost/Functional   Enhanced function object adaptors from Mark Rodgers. Documentation! Download at www.boost.org  [Library]

 

• PC Assembly Tutorial   Good tutorial about assembly. Here you can get an insight in what happens if a function is called. Covering calling conventions and how to interface assembly and C code. [Tutorial]
• The Virtual Function Mechanism   A short page about the virtual function mechanism used by Microsoft's Visual C++ compiler.  [Article]

last updated: 06 January 2005   © 2000-2005 by Lars Haendel
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