From -5942403165984176024 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,a69618ea97f65037 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: fake@email.address.net Subject: Re: nested functions Date: 1998/04/23 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 348251339 Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <6hac23$8lb$1@news2.isdnet.net> <353b85b9.0@news.iprolink.ch> Originator: clamage@taumet X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pc0067.pica.nl Organization: SURFnet BV Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ "Didier Trosset-Moreau" writes: > Bjarne Stroustrup himself has explained that allowing them would generate > lots of overhead in calls (if you think a little about the call mechanism, > you'll reach the same problem very early). And decided to accept no overhead > when designing C++. Nested functions produce no overhead if you don't use them (just look at the gcc implementation). As such, they obey Bjarne's zero-overhead rule, just like exceptions (which are in fact harder to implement in a way that obeys this rule). Regards, Bas de Bakker basde dot bakker at pica dot nl [ 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 ]