Re: Template instantiation context
* Juha Nieminen:
Assume we have these three files:
//--------------------------------------------------------------
// foo.hh
#include <iostream>
template<typename T>
void foo(T value)
{
static int s = 0;
++s;
std::cout << "value:" << value << ", s:" << s
<< ", externalVar:" << externalVar << std::endl;
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------
// bar.cc
namespace { const int externalVar = 456; }
#include "foo.hh"
void bar()
{
std::cout << "In bar(): ";
foo(200);
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------------
// test.cc
namespace { const int externalVar = 123; }
#include "foo.hh"
void bar();
int main()
{
std::cout << "In main(): ";
foo(100);
bar();
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
Now we compile test.cc and bar.cc into an executable program. What
should be the output of this program?
It's UB.
Btw., please don't formulate real questions so that they sound like homework.
If this question had any other answer than UB I would have believed it to be
homework.
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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