PR3042

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com> writes:

| 	Having "static" stop working for static libraries seems like more
| surprise to me, not less.

To make the whole discussion sensible, I would like you read and
understand what it means for an object to be a static data member in
C++.  Mark's proposal isn't to make "static" stop working.  Please,
take a look at what "static data member" means in C++.  The core
issue isn't about "static", it is about implicit instantiation
implementation.  That is orthogonal to "static" semantics.  Confusing
the two notions will at best confuse the discussion.

-- Gaby
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