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Subject: Re: strange bug that doesn't occur in Linux, OpenBSD or ITS
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Mark Geisert  wrote:
>
> 4. You've coded functions nested inside main().  I haven't seen that practice
> in C language before but apparently it works.  Color me impressed.

It's a non-portable GCC extension:

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html#Nested-Functions

Csaba
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