how to use typedef

use an example to indicate. given,

void (*signal(int sig, void (*func)(int)) ) (int);

(You call signal() and pass it arguments to say which interrupt you are talking about, and which routine should be invoked to handle it.)

firstly, drop the arguments of signal and this means,

void (*signal(                                     ) ) (int);

and one funny argument is ,

void (*func)(int);

 func is a pointer to a function taking an int argument and returning void.

here's how the signal can be simplified as follow,

typedef void (*ptr_to_func) (int);

/*

*this says that ptr_to_func is a pointer to a function

* that takes an int argument, and returns void

*/

ptr_to_func signal(int, ptr_to_func);

/*

*this says that signal is a function that takes

* two arguments, an int and a ptr_to_func, and

* returns a ptr_to_func

 */