Re: FVWM: configure broken with 2.5.5

From: Paul Smith <pausmith_at_nortelnetworks.com>
Date: 22 Feb 2003 17:57:23 -0500

%% Ben Winslow <rain_at_bluecherry.net> writes:

  bw> After a little experimentation and research, it seems that nested
  bw> functions are forbidden by ISO C but allowed by ANSI

Not sure where you get this: no C standard I've ever seen (ANSI or ISO)
has ever allowed nested function definitions.

There is a GCC-specific extension that allows them; I don't know which,
if any, other compilers might also provide this extension.

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Received on Sat Feb 22 2003 - 16:59:12 GMT