Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II

uecker 92 points 45 comments August 15, 2026

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mananaysiempre

What about your older patch where -fno-trampolines meant a function pointer could either be a code pointer or a closure (descriptor) pointer, distinguished by a tag?

tpoacher

What's a "trampoline"?

mbeavitt

Why would someone want to use a nested function, practically speaking?

Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II

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