Another benefit to using the "static" keyword is that you can tell at a glance that the function is internal to the translation unit, while you may not notice the anonymous namespace.
-Sam On Oct 19, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Darin Adler wrote: > The guideline is not to disallow anonymous namespaces. > > It’s to prefer “static” over anonymous namespaces when either one would work. > > Debugging tools on at least some of the platforms work better with functions > that are given internal linkage by using the “static” keyword rather than > functions that are inside anonymous namespaces. > > On the other hand, anonymous namespaces are a more powerful tool that can do > more than the “static” keyword can. > > -- Darin > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
