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Implementation of GCC's Nested Functions (vs. C++ Lambdas)


Martin Uecker, 2026-09-05 Here, I want to explain how GCC's nested function are implemented. I am not going to discuss taking the address of a nested function that may require the creation of a trampoline.

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