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[bearophile]

Simen kjaeraas:

> The problem with such a solution is that the compiler needs to evaluate
> the 'in' clause differently from all other code, as code further down in
> the 'in' clause could use parameters in a way that would be illegal at
> compile-time. Hence the new keyword

I see.


> or, for giggles, why not 'static in'?

"static in" sounds acceptable :-)

Bye,
bearophile