Re: Function definition within function

2010-05-02 Thread Nicholas Sherlock
On 3/05/2010 2:34 a.m., renato.astor...@hotmail.com wrote: Well, I utilize the gcc compiler from the 80s till the present day in various OS environments and never quite had problems with the definition and use of functions within functions, so I'm sending in an annex (infpos.c), a function th

Re: Function definition within function

2010-05-02 Thread Robert Dewar
GNU C allows nested functions as is well documented. Language questions of this kind better belong on the gcc help list rather than this list which is for gcc developers.

Function definition within function

2010-05-02 Thread renato . astorino
Dear, Without wishing to be precious and not to cause controversy, I wonder if the following statements is incorrect or if I am wrong in my interpretation, or is a hidden feature of the compiler gcc. In the book 'The C Programming Language' second edition of the authors Brian W. Kernighan an