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Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II

93 pointsby ueckeryesterday at 7:59 AM45 commentsview on HN

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mbeavittyesterday at 11:50 AM

Why would someone want to use a nested function, practically speaking?

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mananaysiempreyesterday at 10:55 AM

What about your older patch where -fno-trampolines meant a function pointer could either be a code pointer or a closure (descriptor) pointer, distinguished by a tag?

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tpoacheryesterday at 11:42 AM

What's a "trampoline"?

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