Question

I am trying to use a function pointer and I am getting this error:

cannot convert from void (__thiscall MyClass::*)(void) to void (__cdecl *)(void)

// Header file - MyClass.h
class MyClass
{
public:
    MyClass();
    void funcTest();
protected:
    void (*x)();
};


// Source file 
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "MyClass.h"

MyClass::MyClass()
{
    x = funcTest;
}

void MyClass::funcTest()
{

}

(Using: Visual Studio 6)

Can anyone notice anything that I’ve missed?

Answer 1

it’s because a member function is different from a normal function, and hence the function pointers are different. Hence you need to tell the compiler that you want a MyClass function pointer, not a normal function pointer.youneed to declare x as: void (MyClass::*x)();