I am working on an embedded application where the device is controlled through a command interface. I mocked the command dispatcher in VC and had it working to my satisfaction; but when I then moved the code over to the embedded environment, I found out that the compiler has a broken implementation of pointer-to-func's.

Here's how I originally implemented the code (in VC):

```
/* Relevant parts of header file  */
typedef struct command {
  const char *code;
  void *set_dispatcher;
  void *get_dispatcher;
  const char *_description;
} command_t;

#define COMMAND_ENTRY(label,dispatcher,description) {(const char*)label, &set_##dispatcher, &get_##dispatcher, (const char*)description} 

/* Dispatcher data structure in the C file */
const command_t commands[] = {
  COMMAND_ENTRY("DH", Dhcp, "DHCP (0=off, 1=on)"),
  COMMAND_ENTRY("IP", Ip, "IP Address (192.168.1.205)"),
  COMMAND_ENTRY("SM", Subnet, "Subunet Mask (255.255.255.0)"),
  COMMAND_ENTRY("DR", DefaultRoute, "Default router (192.168.1.1)"),
  COMMAND_ENTRY("UN", Username, "Web username"),
  COMMAND_ENTRY("PW", Password, "Web password"),
  ...
}

/* After matching the received command string to the command "label", the command is dispatched */
if (pc->isGetter)
  return ((get_fn_t)(commands[i].get_dispatcher))(pc);
else
  return ((set_fn_t)(commands[i].set_dispatcher))(pc);
  }

```

Without the use of function pointers, it seems like my only hope is to use switch()/case statements to call functions. But I'd like to avoid having to manually maintain a large switch() statement. 

What I was thinking of doing is moving all the COMMAND\_ENTRY lines into a separate include file. Then wraps that include file with varying #define and #undefines. Something like:

```
/* Create enum's labels */
#define COMMAND_ENTRY(label,dispatcher,description) SET_##dispatcher, GET_##dispatcher
typedef enum command_labels = {
#include "entries.cinc"
  DUMMY_ENUM_ENTRY} command_labels_t;
#undefine COMMAND_ENTRY

/* Create command mapping table */
#define COMMAND_ENTRY(label,dispatcher,description) {(const char*)label, SET_##dispatcher, GET_##dispatcher, (const char*)description} 
const command_t commands[] = {
#include "entries.cinc"
  NULL /* dummy */ };
#undefine COMMAND_ENTRY

/*...*/

int command_dispatcher(command_labels_t dispatcher_id) {
/* Create dispatcher switch statement */
#define COMMAND_ENTRY(label,dispatcher,description) case SET_##dispatcher: return set_##dispatcher(pc); case GET_##dispatcher: return get_##dispatcher(pc);
switch(dispatcher_id) {
#include "entries.cinc"
default:
  return NOT_FOUND;
}
#undefine COMMAND_ENTRY
}

```

Does anyone see a better way to handle this situation? Sadly, 'get another compiler' is not a viable option. :(

--- Edit to add:
Just to clarify, the particular embedded environment is broken in that the compiler is *supposed* to create a "function-pointer table" which is then used by the compiler to resolve calls to functions through a pointer. Unfortunately, the compiler is broken and doesn't generate a correct function-table.

So I don't have an easy way to extract the func address to invoke it.

--- Edit #2:
Ah, yes, the use of void \*(set|get)\_dispatcher was my attempt to see if the problem was with the typedefine of the func pointers. Originally, I had

```
typedef int (*set_fn_t)(cmdContext_t *pCmdCtx);
typedef int (*get_fn_t)(cmdContext_t *pCmdCtx);

typedef struct command {
  const char *code;
  set_fn_t set_dispatcher;
  get_fn_t get_dispatcher;
  const char *_description;
} command_t;

```