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rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) writes:


> ...
>Well, it appears that some people have this mental model of "nested
>functions" left over from the days when they programmed in Pascal, where
>*anything* in a containing scope could be accessed directly.  Sadly, these
>folks don't seem to "get" the fundamental idea which made C into the big
> ...

I share your consternation over "block programming" and your concern
of over "featurism" (your words).

If programmers want nested functions, it sounds a lot like delegation which
C++ can handle quite well, as is. Just delegate to another object, or
your self. This leaves matters fairly explicit.

I think a formal extension to add nested functions to C++ is not useful.
The example you gave however was interesting!

(wringing my hands also),

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