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That's not a function, that's a closure. And you can simulate that in C by creating a struct that contains the function pointer and the set of captured data (an

by eridius 10y ago

That's not a function, that's a closure. And you can simulate that in C by creating a struct that contains the function pointer and the set of captured data (and then when you invoke the function you pass the struct to it as a parameter).

junke 10y ago
Yes, hence the distinction between first-class features and others, which you have to implement yourself.
- eridius 10y ago
  The parent comment said C function pointers aren't functions. They are. They just aren't closures.