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Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:19:08 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: cluts weekly reports
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:03:06PM +0200, Luka Marčetić wrote:
> Ideally what I'd want is:
>
> fp(args)
>
> where fp is a function pointer to functions with different
> prototypes, and args are a number of arguments, each of an arbitrary
> type. Or at least:
>
> if (nr_args == 1)
> fp (*(type[0] *) arg[0]);
> else if (nr_args == 2)
> fp (*(type[0] *) arg[0], *(type[1] *) arg[1]);
>
> What I'm doing instead essentially is:
>
> if (fp == specific_function)
> specific_function(*(int*)arg[0], *(char **)arg[1]);
> else if (fp == another_function)
> another_function(*(size_t *)arg[0]);
There's definitely a better way to do this. If nothing else, you could
write one-line wrappers for each function you want to test and put a
pointer to the wrapper rather than the function itself in the table.
> That just dislocates above, and puts it into the function to be
> called with the arg pointer (and, don't forget, the function
> identifier). I can go to IRC if you want to see what the generator
> output is/should be, and based on what input.
Could you include some here?
Rich
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