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List:       cfe-dev
Subject:    Re: [cfe-dev] User manual, and GCC functions not implemented
From:       Csaba Raduly <rcsaba () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-07-28 7:49:04
Message-ID: CAEhDDbD-1fTN2BOYqZRHqzL4rCXk+OG6GT94_uNhQ74SGT2EzQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Renato Golin  wrote:
> Nested functions play with scopes, which are rigorously defined by the
> standard, and access to internal variables can be a mess when you
> start mixing up stuff. The standards committees made it pretty clear
> that nested functions are a no-no and I'd bet on their wisdom more
> than on a random library writer's any day.

I guess this includes some random compiler implementer who thought
it'd be a neat idea to support nested functions in the first place :)

Csaba
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