Inlining, nested functions, and VLAs

[Giovanni Bajo]

Richard Kenner wrote:

> Suppose we have a function F with a nested function Q.  Q has one
> argument, which we'll call P, of type T.  But T depends on some
> variables in F and F contains a call to Q, with, say, value V.

Would you please clarify with an example what you mean by "T depends on some
variables in F"? I assume you cannot do this in C, right?

Giovanni Bajo