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</para>
</simplesect>
+ <simplesect>
+ <title>Calling Function Pointers</title>
+
+ <para>
+ For clarity, it is preferred to explicitly dereference a function pointer
+ when calling the pointed-to function if the pointer is a simple variable,
+ for example:
+<programlisting>
+(*emit_log_hook) (edata);
+</programlisting>
+ (even though <literal>emit_log_hook(edata)</literal> would also work).
+ When the function pointer is part of a structure, then the extra
+ punctuation can and usually should be omitted, for example:
+<programlisting>
+paramInfo->paramFetch(paramInfo, paramId);
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </simplesect>
</sect1>
</chapter>