From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Saffi Hartal" To: Subject: static init function Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:32:00 -0000 Message-id: <011301bdd106$ce18e970$6cdfcbc7@shartal.ariadnaweb.com> X-SW-Source: 1998/msg00032.html I wrote : I sometimes use that way to init my modules.  if I want to init the arrays and variables i use (i don't always create a class which supply the interface cause the people around me use C routines instead of C++ ), what do you think about it.   static int init_module(void) {     /* code to init the module */     return(0); }   static int init_var=init_module();     Saffi   Danny answered : One problem surely exists with this solution: static functions are now considered deprecated according to the C++ standard. Danny   I didn't really understood so i asked him for more ... we answerd : Here's a more detailed account: In standard C, a function declared static has an internal linkage, i.e., it is accessible only from within the translation unit (source file) in which it was declared. Though still supported in C++, this convention is now considered deprecated. Therefore, future releases of your C++ compiler may issue a warning message when finding a static function that is not a member of a class. In order to make a function accessible only from within the translation unit in which it is declared, you should use a nameless namespace instead.  //File hidden.cpp namespace { //nameless int init(); //accessible only from within this file } The keyword 'static' was already used in excess in C++ for various purposes. With the introduction of namespaces to the language, it seemed more plausible to use that mechanism to confine the access to identifires which otherwise would be global. I hope that answers your questions, and sorry if that urges you to consider revising your existing programs. Of course, you can post my previous reply as well as this one. Best, Danny Kalev System analyst and software engineer J16       I hope that it was also interesting for you.               thanks                     by Saffi