int j_func();            /* Function prototype -- Function returning
                           an int. */

  int *pj_func();          /* Function prototype -- Function returning
                           a pointer to an int */

  int *(pj_func());        /* Same thing as above but with explicit
                           parenthesis */

  int (*prj_func)();       /* Variable declaration -- Pointer to a
                           function returning an int */

  int *(*prpj_func)();     /* Variable declaration -- Pointer to a
                           function returning a pointer to an int */

  int (**pprj_func)();     /* Variable declaration -- Pointer to a
                           pointer to a function returning an int */

  int (*aprj_func[])();    /* Variable declaration -- Array of
                           pointers to functions which return int. */

  int *(xx_func())();      /* ERROR -- Bad prototype.  This attempts
                           to declare xx_func as a function which
                           returns a function which returns a pointer. */

  int ((*xx_func) ())();   /* ERROR -- Bad variable declaration. This
                           declares that xx_func is a pointer to a
                           function which returns a function. */

  int (*(prprj_func()))(); /* Function prototype -- Function which
                           returns a pointer to a function which
                           returns an int. */

-- TWikiGuest - 07 Dec 2001