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 ...
EDN

Function pointers, Part 3: State machines

Function pointers can be used for a wide variety of applications including the implementation of state machines. Just like any tool, it may not always be appropriate to use function pointers for a ...
GitHub

Hackaday Function Pointers Example

A generic push button handler as practical demonstration of function pointers -- see Hackaday article Directly Executing Chunks of Memory: Function Pointers In C. The push buttons are set up as a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Microsoft

The story of MS13-002: How incorrectly casting fat pointers can make your code explode

C++ supports developers in object-orientated programming and removes from the developer the responsibility of dealing with many object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm problems. But these problems ...