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Re: [PATCH][libcpp] New deferred output pragma
On Apr 13, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Dave Edwards wrote:
>> Why can't you use a nested function and __COUNTER__?
>
> We can't use nested functions as we need to apply special attributes to
> the generated function to ensure it appears in a different memory
> segment.
> This isn't possible with nested functions - they don't appear to accept
> attributes.
Adding a generally useful feature like attributes-on-nested-functions seems a lot more interesting than adding a special preprocessor extension like this.
-Chris