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From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-30 14:48:57


Rob Stewart wrote:
> From: Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]>
>
>>John Maddock wrote:
>>
>>>Since free functions and static [member] functions are the same type, should
>>>we just use "free_" as the prefix and drop "free_or_static_" ?
>>
>>Initially it was called "unbound". It was changed to "free_or_static" because it
>>is more intuitive. But that "_or_" may cause confusion.
>>
>>So reverting to "unbound" would be another option...
>
>
> In contradiction to my statement in another branch of this thread
> about not having multiple tags that are interchangeable, perhaps
> having both "free" and "static" would be helpful.
>

And require another underscore suffix for static...


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