declaring routines which return function pointers

[Chris Torek]

Maybe someone should re-post the ``cdecl'' program:

  % cdecl
  declare f as pointer to function returning pointer to function returning int
  int (*(*f)())()
  declare x as pointer to pointer to function returning pointer to function returning pointer to pointer to pointer to function returning pointer to function returning pointer to char
  char *(*(***(*(**x)())())())()
  %

It even works the opposite direction:

  % cdecl
  explain char (**(*f())())()
  declare f as function returning pointer to function returning pointer to pointer to function returning char
  %
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