Q: (dmd 1.x) Difference between 'static const ...' and 'const ...'in templates

[Kirk McDonald]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Myron,
> 
>> Hello.
>>
>> For DMD 1.x, let's say I have the following template:
>>
>>> template structname (S) {
>>> static const string structname = S.stringof[0..$-1];
>>> }
>> Is there any difference between 'static const ...' and 'const ...'?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Myron.
>>
> 
> I may be wrong but, unless you use it as a mixin or inside of a 
> class/struct, I don't think so.
> 
> 

More generally: Using 'static' at module-level scope does nothing. If 
the actual declaration ends up at some other scope (whether the template 
was mixed-in or is simply located somewhere other than module scope) 
then the 'static' will be meaningful.

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