• Dave P. (13/13) Dec 07 2020 Does `static` on a free function definition do anything?
• Adam D. Ruppe (5/12) Dec 07 2020 Nope, D allows a lot of useless attributes so it doesn't complain
• Dave P. (2/16) Dec 07 2020 Thanks for the answer!

Dave P. <dave287091 gmail.com> writes:

Does `static` on a free function definition do anything?

I know the meaning of it in C, but I can’t find an equivalent 
definition  (or
any definition of it at all) when applied to free functions in 
the spec.

Are the two below any different or is it just for ease of porting 
from C?

static int foo(){
     return 3;
}

int foo(){
     return 3;
}

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 17:01:45 UTC, Dave P. wrote:
 Does `static` on a free function definition do anything?

Nope, D allows a lot of useless attributes so it doesn't complain 
if you do certain things out of habit (or it is just a lazy 
implementation, I'm not sure which explanation applies here)

 static int foo(){
     return 3;
 }

 int foo(){
     return 3;
 }

but both the same.

Dave P. <dave287091 gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 17:07:20 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 17:01:45 UTC, Dave P. wrote:
 Does `static` on a free function definition do anything?

 Nope, D allows a lot of useless attributes so it doesn't 
 complain if you do certain things out of habit (or it is just a 
 lazy implementation, I'm not sure which explanation applies 
 here)

 static int foo(){
     return 3;
 }

 int foo(){
     return 3;
 }

 but both the same.

Thanks for the answer!