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| DATE | 2011-06-05 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (fwd) Re: Anonymous namespace
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From: Ruben Safir
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Subject: Re: Anonymous namespace
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 02:44:29 +0000 (UTC)
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Victor Bazarov wrote:
> On 6/3/2011 4:08 AM, gwowen wrote:
>> On Jun 3, 3:54 am, r...-at-zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
>>>> What is the point of the anonymous namespace.
>>>
>>> Names can be hidden from the linker (from other translation
>>> units), even if they should have external linkage.
>>
>> Can someone give the benefits of external-but-unlinkable anon-
>> namespace variables (or functions) against old-school internal linkage
>> file-scope "static" variables and functions.
>
> The Standard prohibits the use of names with no linkage or names with
> internal linkage as template arguments.
Thanks Victor, but I have limited understanding of internal linkage, and
can't see how there can be no linkage to a name. Can you expand on that
aspect of the conversation?
Ruben
> Only objects with external
> linkage are allowed. Hence you can't use a function declared 'static'
> or a local type as a predicate in 'std::sort', for instance, or as the
> functor in 'std::for_each', and so on.
>
> V
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