From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: function in function
Date: 14 Feb 1997 13:59:10 GMT
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A.Appleyard (A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
:   [Please reply to me in person also]

Hopefully I have; this isn't my preferred newsreader, so I can't make any
promises ;)

:   Line 621 etseq of file DJGPP\INFO\GCC.I8 says that in djgpp C functions can
: be declared inside functions, and quotes this example:-

:   and djgpp v2 refused it, thus:-
: C:\AMZIP>gcc _.cc
...

If you read that page more carefully you'll see that nested functions are
not allowed in Gnu C++ - rename your source file to _.c and it should work.

HTH

George Foot
gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk