language_fan wrote: >> I agree it would be better to allow forward references for nested >> functions, I just wished to point out that the current behavior is not a >> bug, it was built that way. > > That's great news actually. It might even mean that this might change > some day.
I still find it silly that it was built that way. Seems to me you should be able to forward-reference *any* symbol that has a value that can't change over its lifetime. Functions, const/immutable vars, typedefs, classes, etc. -- Michiel Helvensteijn
