C – function inside struct

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It can’t be done directly, but you can emulate the same thing using function pointers and explicitly passing the “this” parameter:

typedef struct client_t client_t, *pno;
struct client_t
{
    pid_t pid;
    char password[TAM_MAX]; // -> 50 chars
    pno next;

    pno (*AddClient)(client_t *); 
};

pno client_t_AddClient(client_t *self) { /* code */ }

int main()
{

    client_t client;
    client.AddClient = client_t_AddClient; // probably really done in some init fn

    //code ..

    client.AddClient(&client);

}

It turns out that doing this, however, doesn’t really buy you an awful lot. As such, you won’t see many C APIs implemented in this style, since you may as well just call your external function and pass the instance.

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