I'm not a language lawyer, but wouldn't it be the same as using an
anonymous namespace declaration to limit the scope of the class to the
current compilation unit?  Ala:

namespace { // anonymous namespace = static
  ... // your example here sans the static keyword
}

--binkley

Andy Philpotts <xyzzy@pobox.com> wrote in article
<33825fed.15188113@news.ipass.net>...
> Is it correct C++  (with respect to the standard, not a particular
> compiler) to qualify a template function with the "static" keyword,
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Is it correct C++  (with respect to the standard, not a particular
compiler) to qualify a template function with the "static" keyword,
for example:

template < class T > static void templatefunction( T* t)
{
   ...
}

If so, what does it mean?

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In article <33825fed.15188113@news.ipass.net>,
Andy Philpotts <xyzzy@pobox.com> wrote:
>Is it correct C++  (with respect to the standard, not a particular
>compiler) to qualify a template function with the "static" keyword,
>for example:
>
>template < class T > static void templatefunction( T* t)
>{
>   ...
>}
>
>If so, what does it mean?
>
Yes .. it is legal.. It means that you want the template function to have an
internal linkage. i.e. each translation unit will have its own
copy of functions instanciated from this function template.

cheers
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