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From: wallis@labc.enet.dec.com (Barry L. Wallis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Simple C++ Question
Summary: A little sarcasm
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Date: 27 Jul 90 15:53:31 GMT
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In article <45882@brunix.UUCP>, sdm@cs.brown.edu (Scott Meyers) writes...
// Original question by John Baldwin omitted 
; 
;From the E&S ARM (that should make everybody happy), p. 98:
; 
;    The static and extern specifiers can be applied only to names of
;    objects and functions.  In particular,
; 
;          static class X {     // error
;            int a;
;            // ...
;          };
; 
;    is illegal.
; 
;Interestingly, both cfront and g++ accept this kind of thing without
;complaining.  Which brings us back to the original question, actually:
;given that it's illegal but accepted, what does it do?
; 

It can do anything it darn well pleases ;-), so use it at your own risk.

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