Using the ternary operator to return a function pointer, that is then immediately called, where the functions in question are stubs to system calls and have identical declarations.
As in, specifically:
if ((Lflag ? chown : lchown)(p->fts_accpath, s->st_uid, -1))
(void)printf(" not modified: %s\n",
strerror(errno));
It was a moment of enlightenment.