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Re: function pointer is not initializing to NULL

sharathyd wrote: 
static int (*retrivalFunc)(char *attr, char *option, returnCode *codePtr,
char *buf) = NULL;

sampleFunc() {

if (attRetrivalfunc != NULL) {
return(retrivalFunc(attName, dataBuf,codePtr, msg));
}
}

With your statement you will not dereference the function pointer, but interpret its location as call to a function.

I would prefer using something like:

if (NULL != retrievalFunc) {
  return ((* retrievalFunc)(attName, dataBuf, codePtr, msg));
}

Georg

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