On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 02:57:36PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 01:25:34PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Robert Dewar wrote: > >> > >> > I have certainly seen it used, but you may well be right that it is > >> > seldom used. It is certainly reasonable to consider removing this > >> > extension from C and C++. Anyone using that feature? Or know anyone > >> > who is. > > > >> Nested functions are used in the glibc dynamic linker. I'm not sure why, > >> and they may be inline nested functions whose addresses are never taken. > > > >> The extension is not present in GNU C++, only in GNU C. > > > > Well, Andreas Schwab seems to think this is no longer the case. > > Actually glibc still uses nested functions, but does not take the address > of those being left. The only reason that nested functions are still > being used is that it allows for easier code reuse. >
If we want to remove nested functions from glibc and keep code reuse, I can try to provide a patch. H.J.
