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miker3@ix.netcom.com (Mike Rubenstein) wrote:
>Why must it be defined in only one place.  Consider
>
>	class A
>	{
>	  public:
>	    static const int c = 1;
>	    void f()
>	    {
>	      static const int i = 1;
>	      ...
>	    }
>	}
>
>in a header.
>
>The compiler must create only one copy of i no matter how many
>translation units include the header.  Why can't the mechanism that
>does this also be used for c?

Likewise, the compiler already ensures that the vtable for a class is
defined only once in a program (cfront-based compilers typically define
the vtable in the same translation unit defining the first virtual
function of a class.)  Could a similar mechanism be used for defining
constants?

	Nicolas Chapados
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