Why are variables in anonymous namespaces not static?

[Geoffrey Keating]

Can anyone tell me why

namespace { int i; }

doesn't give `i' static linkage?

`i' will be given a random assembler name like 
_ZN20_GLOBAL__N_x.hOCQSA11iE which surely can't be referenced outside 
this compilation anyway, since no other compilation will know what it 
is.  (The case for constructors is different, because they're found by 
collect2.)

-- 
Geoff Keating <geoffk@apple.com>