Implementing jump tables in C++? - Computers & Technology

Hello, I was wondering how I could implement jump tables, you know, stuff like this

Code

main:
        LDA !Timer
        ASL
        TAX
        JSR (Pointers,x)
        DEC !Timer
        RTL

Pointers:
        dw UpdateMAP16Tiles
        dw Return
        dw UploadtoVRAM_44Tiles
        dw UploadtoVRAM_42Tiles
        dw UploadtoVRAM_42Tiles
        dw DecompressGFXFiles
        dw UploadtoVRAM_44Tiles
        dw UploadtoVRAM_42Tiles
        dw UploadtoVRAM_42Tiles
        dw DecompressGFXFiles

Return:
        RTS

in C++ where I'd have an array of functions that return a bool. I would keep executing the function that corresponds to the value of the index variable until it returns true, then increment the index variable and keep executing the next function until it returns true, and so on. Is it even possible to do something like that in C++ using good coding practices?

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#include <stdio.h> #include <stdbool.h> typedef bool (*FunctionPrototype)(); bool myFunction1() { return true; } bool myFunction2() { return true; } bool myFunction3() { return false; } bool myFunction4() { return false; } FunctionPrototype s_jumpTable[] = { &myFunction1, &myFunction2, &myFunction3, &myFunction4 }; static int s_jumpTableLength = sizeof(s_jumpTable)/sizeof(s_jumpTable[0]); int main() { for (int i = 0; i < s_jumpTableLength; ++i) { if (s_jumpTable[i]()) { printf("Test %i succeeded.\n", i); } else { printf("Test %i failed, aborting.\n", i); break; } } return 0; }

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