Question

I need to reference a struct that’s not yet defined because the struct actually conatins the typedef’d function prototype.

For example,

typedef int (MyCallbackFunction)(X * x, void * ctx);

typedef struct CallbackData {
  MyCallbackFunction * callback;
  void * ctx;
} CallbackData;

typedef struct X {
  char a;
  int b;
  int c;
  double d;

  CallbackData e;
} X;

What’s the valid way to actually write this code/header ?

Answer 1

Just forward declare the relevant types – and you can make the function pointer part of the typedef:

struct X_;

typedef int (*MyCallbackFunction)(struct X_ * x, void * ctx);

typedef struct CallbackData_ {
  MyCallbackFunction callback;
  void * ctx;
} CallbackData;

typedef struct X_ {
  char a;
  int b;
  int c;
  double d;

  CallbackData e;
} X;