alt Hacker NewsHave always wondered, why can’t nested functions just be normal functions inside a namespace?
It seems silly to expose a tiny helper to the entire compilation unit when it is only meant to be used inside one function…
Have always wondered, why can’t nested functions just be normal functions inside a namespace?
It seems silly to expose a tiny helper to the entire compilation unit when it is only meant to be used inside one function…
> why can’t nested functions just be normal functions inside a namespace
Because GCC's nested functions are closures - they can access local variables within the function.