Created on 1999-08-09.00:00:00 last changed 302 months ago
Rationale (10/99): An anonymous union in an unnamed namespace is not "a global anonymous union," i.e., it is not a member of the global namespace.
11.5 [class.union] paragraph 3 implies that anonymous unions in unnamed namespaces need not be declared static (it only places that restriction on anonymous unions "declared in a named namespace or in the global namespace").
However, 9.2.2 [dcl.stc] paragraph 1 says that "global anonymous unions... shall be declared static." This could be read as prohibiting anonymous unions in unnamed namespaces, which are the preferred alternative to the deprecated use of static.
Rationale (10/99): An anonymous union in an unnamed namespace is not "a global anonymous union," i.e., it is not a member of the global namespace.
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2000-02-23 00:00:00 | admin | set | messages: + msg280 |
| 2000-02-23 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: open -> nad |
| 1999-08-09 00:00:00 | admin | create | |