Not saying it’s pretty or perfect, but you can make it work (https://godbolt.org/z/asW3zvxa9 https://godbolt.org/z/asW3zvxa9): #define f_deref_ptr (*f_ptr)

Not saying it’s pretty or perfect, but you can make it work (https://godbolt.org/z/asW3zvxa9 https://godbolt.org/z/asW3zvxa9): #define f_deref_ptr (*f_ptr) /* ... */ print_result(&f_deref_ptr, x); Function types (as opposed to function pointer types), along with array types, are kind of shy in C, but it is possible to get hold of and use them.