From -7476168773139951320 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,fb1a92fa405c930c X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: source@netcom.com (David Harmon) Subject: Re: nested functions Date: 1999/06/11 Message-ID: <37fc8bd2.644752685@nntp.ix.netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 488437013 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom9.netcom.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <7jd4c5$nup$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7jjjr6$r02$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7jma5c$i85@abyss.West.Sun.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Jun 11 2:13:37 AM CDT 1999 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-User: source Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet On 10 Jun 99 16:20:58 GMT in comp.std.c++, ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig) wrote: >> Why do local functions have to have the same calling sequence as non-local >> functions? > >Because otherwise, you can't define a variable >(of type pointer to function) that can potentially >contain the address of a local function or a non-local >function. Just like you can't define a variable that can hold both a pointer to a member function or a pointer to a non-member function. A local function is actually more like a member function than a non-member function, but instead of 'this' it gets a pointer to an implicit local context object (AKA display.) [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]