Re: Static variables in template functions

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

Jason Merrill wrote:

> > From your recommendation, you think it better to generate faster code on
> > these systems (by avoiding the dynamic initialization), even though that
> > means that the code is sometimes incorrect (in that the variables are
> > duplicated, and a conforming program can detect the difference).
>
>
> Detect how?  If it's const, you can't modify it, so if you don't take its
> address I don't think it's possible for a conforming program to tell
> whether or not there's a single copy.

Sorry; I was referring only to the non-const and/or addressed case.  In 
those cases, the generated code will be incorrect; it could be made 
correct by using a dynamic initialization.

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