Thread: Callback fuction

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    Callback fuction

    would any body tell me about the concept behind callback functions

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    The concept is that you pass the address of a function to another function and that function can call that function you passed as a "callback." It can pass information or call it during certain events, and so on.
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    I think callback functions are more of a C concept, which have been replaced by function objects (functors or delegates) in C++.

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