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After getting an answer to this question I discovered there are two valid ways to typedef a function pointer.
typedef void (Function) ();
typedef void (*PFunction) ();
void foo () {}
Function * p = foo;
PFunction q = foo;
I now prefer Function * p to PFunction q but apparently this doesn't work for pointer-to-member functions. Consider this contrived example.
#include <iostream>
struct Base {
typedef void (Base :: *Callback) ();
//^^^ remove this '*' and put it below (i.e. *cb)
Callback cb;
void go () {
(this->*cb) ();
}
virtual void x () = 0;
Base () {
cb = &Base::x;
}
};
struct D1 : public Base {
void x () {
std :: cout << "D1\n";
}
};
struct D2 : public Base {
void x () {
std :: cout << "D2\n";
}
};
int main () {
D1 d1;
D2 d2;
d1 .go ();
d2 .go ();
}
But if I change it to the new preferred style: typedef void (Base :: Callback) () and Callback * cb, I get a compiler error at the point of typedef
extra qualification 'Base::' on member 'Callback'
Why is this not allowed? Is it simply an oversight or would it cause problems?