staticforward and C++

[Isaac To Kar Keung]

>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Ewing <see at my.signature> writes:

    Greg> From a brief experiment, it appears that g++ complains about it
    Greg> either way!

    Greg> However, I found that the following *does* work:

    Greg> struct Foo { int x; };

    Greg> void f() { extern Foo foo; foo.x = 42; }

    Greg> static Foo foo;

And also the following:

namespace {
  struct Foo { int x; };
  extern Foo foo;
}

void f() {
  foo.x = 42;
}

namespace {
  Foo foo;
}

I believe that this would be the reaction from C++ supporters: the use of
"static" to achieve anonymity is explicitly deprecated in C++.

Regards,
Isaac.