Re: Nested functions (was: Re: GOTO single exit point)

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From: Lawrence Kirby
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 21:40

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In article <1995Sep22.171416.1574@ittpub> wil@ittpub.nl "Wil Evers" writes:

>All languages that allow a nested procedure to access the local variables  
>of the enclosing procedure(s) and use lexical scoping have this problem.  

Function nesting can be useful for scoping even when local variables of
enclosing functions are no accessible. If I remember correctly this is
what BCPL supported. It is a shame that C threw this facility away.

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