On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Arnaud Charlet <char...@adacore.com> wrote: >> Is it intended that the GCC C compiler support nested functions? > > Yes, it's an extension provided by GNU C, not part of ISO C. >
Although nested functions should be avoided for portability, but sometimes nested functions are very useful for low level codes. Glibc is another project which depends on nested functions. -- H.J.
