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the_return_type(*the_callback_variable_name)(parameter_type1,parameter_type2,...);

void*(allocator)(size_t)=malloc;

// allocate 10 bytes
void* buf = allocator(10);

static void do_my_func_with_callback(const char* sz,bool(*callback)(const char*)) { 
  // returns a bool but we don't use it here
  callback(sz);
}

do_my_func_with_callback("something",[](const char* sz){ printf("called with %s\e\n"); });

swampwiz wrote:

I never did get the hang of callbacks or whatever they are termed (i.e., function pointers in C++)

Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

I think you're referring to C# delegates[^].

Mike Hankey wrote:

These days this might be appropriate; Quality, Cost, Availability, pick 2.

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