Getting 3.3 out the door

[Branko Čibej]

Mark Mitchell wrote:

>On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 15:43, Branko ÄŒibej wrote:
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>>If I understand correctly, symbols that are defined in an anonymous
>>namespace can't be used from outside the compilation unit, regardless of
>>their linkage. If that's correct, then generating a UUID every time a
>>file is compiled, and using that for the namespace name (suitably
>>protected with leading underscores), would solve the problems, wouldn't
>>it? It doesn't matter if a later compile of the same file with the same
>>compiler options used a different namespace name, because things like
>>teimpate instantiations based on the anonymous-namespace types would be
>>regenerated anyway.
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>We've been here before. :-)
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Ah. I might have known. :-)

>We used to randomize the names, which works nicely.
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>But some programs can use the anonymous namespace members from a place
>that is very much like "outside the compilation unit".
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They can? Hmm.
/me tries to think of examples

>Furthermore, non-deterministic compilation was considered a misfeature.
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