A question about functions

[vineoff]

What does static mean in front of function. Like:

static void f();

I know what it means when function f is in a class, but when it's not
in class, what does that mean then?

 

[Ferdi Smit]

What does static mean in front of function. Like:

static void f();

I know what it means when function f is in a class, but when it's not
in class, what does that mean then?

Generally that it acquires internal linkage. Ie. it becomes "module
private".

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[Victor Bazarov]

What does static mean in front of function. Like:

static void f();

I know what it means when function f is in a class, but when it's not
in class, what does that mean then?

It's been deprecated. The function's name is limited in scope to the file
in which it's defined. Now, to introduce a function whose name is not
visible outside its own translation unit, we use anonymous namespaces.

namespace {
void f();
}

And you should probably define it right there...

V