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Article #1250Re: Nested functions (was: Re: Zero-length structures and pointer comparisons)
From: William Nau
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:16
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:16
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>> Why are nested functions so hard? I think that >> Gnu C's implementation of nested functions shows that it does not >> cause any particularly difficult implementation problems. > >The first time I tried to use gcc's nested functions, >my program dumped core -- apparently due to a bug in gcc. >The next version of gcc I tried worked. This suggests >that the implementation isn't exactly trivial. It suggests that they didn't properly test that release. Given a decent design, it's not asking that much out of a high level language. It does amaze me that this wonderful object oriented language does not allow for nested functions. -- William R. Nau Supercomputer Systems Engineering and Services Company (SSESCO) 511 11th Avenue South, Suite 216 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-1536 (612) 342-0003 nau@SSESCO.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!uum1!salsa.ssesco.com!ssesco.com!nau From: nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Nested functions (was: Re: Zero-length structures and pointer comparisons) Message-ID: <BzBHn4.26J@ssesco.com> Date: 15 Dec 92 20:16:15 GMT References: <9234601.10277@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Dec11.231131.10956@microsoft.com> <24392@alice.att.com> <1992Dec12.162211.5076@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <24400@alice.att.com> <9235019.15484@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <24413@alice.att.com> Sender: news@ssesco.com Organization: SSESCO Lines: 22