Nested Functions in C++

[Mark Mitchell]

Steven L. Zook wrote:

>Are there plans for adding nested function support to C++?
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No.

>Are there significant obstacles in the way of doing so?
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Technically, it's only work.  But, the C++ maintainers (myself included) 
will probably not be keen on accepting such a patch.  We're generally of 
the opinion that adding extensions to C++ is a mistake, unless they go 
through the ISO standardization process first.

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