[Adopted at the February/March, 2017 meeting.]
An example in 6.6 [basic.link] paragraph 6 creates two file-scope variables with the same name, one with internal linkage and one with external.
static void f(); static int i = 0; //1 void g() { extern void f(); // internal linkage int i; //2: i has no linkage { extern void f(); // internal linkage extern int i; //3: external linkage } }
Is this really what we want? C99 has 6.2.2.7/7, which gives undefined behavior for having an identifier appear with internal and external linkage in the same translation unit. C++ doesn't seem to have an equivalent.