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From: "Chuck McCorvey" <chuckm@solutionware.com>
Subject: Re: nested functions
Date: 1998/04/20
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Lo�c Tr�gan wrote in message <6hac23$8lb$1@news2.isdnet.net>...
>Are nested functions a good thing ? (of course, i have my opinion...)
>
>void f()
>{
>      void InternalA() {}
>      void InternalB() {}
>
>    InternalA();
>    InternalB();
>}
>
>if YES, why they are nt in the draft ?
>if NO, why are they allowed in C and not C++ ?
>


They can be useful to provide further scoping.  However, they are probably
(?) less valuable in the presence of classes as in C++.

They are NOT allowed for in C or C++.  The above code snippet should have
caused compiler errors of the form (compiled under VC++ 5.0):

test.cpp(3) : error C2601: 'InternalA' : local function definitions are
illegal
test.cpp(4) : error C2601: 'InternalB' : local function definitions are
illegal

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Chuck McCorvey
Creative SolutionWare, Inc.


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