On 4 January 2018 at 00:54, nick wrote: > > > On 2018-01-03 07:52 PM, Austin T wrote: >> By nested functions, I'm assuming that means raw function definitions that >> are valid inside a temporary scope of a function. If I'm not mistaken, >> they're equivalent to C++ lambda expressions but just written in a syntactic >> sugar syntax. >> >> Austin >> > > That's the same thing actually if your going to name your lambda. What are > the advantages > of this newer syntax or feature. Do you have any examples?
Read the docs. It's not newer, it's much older than C++ lambdas, but is only supported in GNU C.