callback functions

[DevarajA]

Is it possible to write a function that, once called, is executed
together with the caller without stopping it? I've seen such functions
in windows programming, using CALLBACK qualifier before the function
name (is it a macro?). Now I would like to know if this could be
possible in standard C, maybe using some tricks. And going a little ot..
what other non-standard ways to do that do you know?

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[Emmanuel Delahaye]

DevarajA wrote on 03/09/05 :

Is it possible to write a function that, once called, is executed together
with the caller without stopping it? I've seen such functions in windows
programming, using CALLBACK qualifier before the function name (is it a
macro?). Now I would like to know if this could be possible in standard C,
maybe using some tricks. And going a little ot.. what other non-standard ways
to do that do you know?

Callbacks have nothing to do with concurrent ('executed together ')
functions. They are just user functions called by some lower level
function (system, library...) See the standard qsort() function and its
'compare' callback.

If you want concurrent (well, sort of) execution, you want processes or
threads. Theses are beyond the scope of the C-language. Ask a newsgroup
dedicated to your system.

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Emmanuel
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The C-library: http://www.dinkumware.com/refxc.html

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"You are sentenced to 30 lashes with a wet noodle."
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[John Smith]

Emmanuel Delahaye wrote:

DevarajA wrote on 03/09/05 :

Is it possible to write a function that, once called, is executed
together with the caller without stopping it? I've seen such functions
in windows programming, using CALLBACK qualifier before the function
name (is it a macro?). Now I would like to know if this could be
possible in standard C, maybe using some tricks. And going a little
ot.. what other non-standard ways to do that do you know?

Callbacks have nothing to do with concurrent ('executed together ')
functions. They are just user functions called by some lower level
function (system, library...) See the standard qsort() function and its
'compare' callback.

If you want concurrent (well, sort of) execution, you want processes or
threads. Theses are beyond the scope of the C-language. Ask a newsgroup
dedicated to your system.

You define a callback function as a user function called by a
lower level function, but the example you give seems to
illustrate the opposite case, that is, one in which a user
function calls a lower level function. qsort always calls
compare, never the other way round. Have I misunderstood?

JS

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

John Smith wrote on 03/09/05 :

You define a callback function as a user function called by a lower level
function, but the example you give seems to illustrate the opposite case,
I don't think so.
that is, one in which a user function calls a lower level function. qsort
always calls compare, never the other way round. Have I misunderstood?

This is exactly how the compare() function is called : by qsort() which
is a library function.

user code ------|--> qsort() (RTL code)
compare() <---|---

The compare() function belongs to the user's world.

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Emmanuel
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The C-library: http://www.dinkumware.com/refxc.html

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those that understand binary, and those that dont."

[DevarajA]

Emmanuel Delahaye ha scritto:

John Smith wrote on 03/09/05 :

You define a callback function as a user function called by a lower
level function, but the example you give seems to illustrate the
opposite case,

I don't think so.

that is, one in which a user function calls a lower level function.
qsort always calls compare, never the other way round. Have I
misunderstood?

This is exactly how the compare() function is called : by qsort() which
is a library function.

user code ------|--> qsort() (RTL code)
compare() <---|---

What do you mean by RTL code?

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[Alexei A. Frounze]

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What do you mean by RTL code?

Run Time Library.

Alex