Subj : Re: Not using .cpp files when programming...
To   : comp.programming
From : Arthur J. O'Dwyer
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 03:56 am


On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
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> robertwessel2@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Or, if you make the member
>> functions static or inline in the class to avoid the name space problems,
>
> Sorry, that's incorrect: neither 'inline' nor 'static' is used to avoid
> name space problems.

   Well, last I checked, 'static int foo;' (at file scope) meant an int 
called 'foo' whose scope didn't extend outside the current compilation 
unit. So 'static' is definitely used to avoid namespacing problems.

   Unless you're talking about the kind of name space problems that
lead to people calling their variables 'dfjas' instead of 
'difference_of_ja_squared'. I think that's an IAQ.

-Arthur

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