In article <26309@alice.att.com> ark@alice.UUCP () writes:
>Others said `No: inline implies static, so it should mean the same as
>
> extern static void f() { /* ... */ }

Speaking of which, I just found something most unexpected in the examples
(available on the net) for Stan Lippman's book.

In one file I found something like:

    template < class T > static void swap (T& arg1, T& arg2) { /* ... */ }
                         ^^^^^^

Looking at the grammar, it appears that this is perfectly valid (even tho
one C++ compiler I have access to rejects it).  But what are the exact
semantics of a declaration like this???

And what are the semantics if I were to change that `static' to `extern'?
Then what would the declaration mean?  How about if I made that `inline'?
Then what?

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