Re: [avr-gcc-list] CALLBACK?????????

[David Kelly]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 07:45:22AM -0700, User Tomdean wrote:

> A callback is a function that will be called as a result of some
> pre-determined event or condition.  The application code starts a
> function or routine that never returns.  To get back to the
> application code, the callback function is called.
>
> For example, in networking, a callback function will be defined to be
> called by the network code in response to receiving a packet.

See also the qsort() function in libc. Its arg list requires the address
of a function to call for comparing two elements one is sorting. Qsort()
doesn't have to know what it is sorting or how it is being ordered, the
comparison function is expected to know. A "callback" routine by any
other name.

Yes, the docs say qsort() sorts in ascending order, but if the
comparison function inverts its reply then the order is descending.

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