nested function extension of gcc

gcc supports Nested functions as the following example shows:

void isort (int arr[], int len) {

        //shift_element() is the nested function
	void shift_element (int i) {
		int ivalue;
		for (ivalue=arr[i]; i && arr[i-1] > ivalue; i--) {
			arr[i] = arr[i-1];
		}

		arr[i] = ivalue;
	}

	int i;
	for (i=1; i < len; i++) {
		if (arr[i] < arr[i-1]) {
			shift_element(i);
		}
	}
}

gcc also provides many other useful features which can NOT be found in ANSI standard c. For more information, refer to Extensions to the C Language Family.