>> cont is a pointer to a function that is expected to return a pointer 
>> to a function.  The code here causes a series of functions to be 
>> called, each one specifying another function to be called afterwards 
>> by returning the address of the function to be called.
>>
> 
> I was thinking the same, but I can't seem to find the right type 
> definition to make it work without casting to and from void*... Which is 
> apparently illegal 

This is example code, so it might not be literally runnable... (It might 
be simplified somewhat.)

> I'm not too comfortable with function pointers though, so it's likely 
> that I'm missing something here... Any hints?

Don't look at me! ;-)

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