Re: Pointers to functions (!= "function pointers") should be disallowed entirely

[Timon Gehr]

On 06/17/2012 02:55 AM, Mehrdad wrote:

I think pointers to functions should be disallowed (and more
indirections thereof):

typeof(Object.toString)* p;

pointers to functions == function pointers.
They are just alternate syntax.

They can never point anywhere reasonable other than null.

void main(){
    typeof(main)* ptr = &main;
    static assert(is(typeof(ptr)==void function()));
    assert(ptr !is null);
}