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  • M Mark Salsbery

    Hey tox (aka Grammar Nazi)... Shouldn't you be busy working on this?[^] ;P

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    toxcct
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    Mark, wait. I didn't say all I write is gramatically correct; I make mistakes sometimes. BUT, isn't the construction I just asked you in this thread valid ?

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      Actually his sentence,

      steph5 wrote:

      I was in the understanding that if you declare a static function it can only be called from the source file where it is declared.

      and yours

      Mark Salsbery wrote:

      Huh? I call static methods that aren't in the same source file all the time

      are not in conflict: standard (i.e C-like, not belonging to a class) static functions have file scope, while static methods have not such a constraint. :)

      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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      CPallini wrote:

      while static methods

      C++ (actually Bjarne Stroustrup) don't talk about methods (which is more correct to Java/C#), but talks about member variables and member functions.

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        Mark, wait. I didn't say all I write is gramatically correct; I make mistakes sometimes. BUT, isn't the construction I just asked you in this thread valid ?

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        Mark Salsbery
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        I'm just goofin with you here, of course.

        toxcct wrote:

        isn't the construction I just asked you in this thread valid ?

        Where at? I missed something somewhere :)

        Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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        • T toxcct

          you're saying this as if such construction never exists... but I'm sure it is ! for example, the following is perfectly valid : "If I were you, I wouldn't do that"... ;P

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          And you're right [^]. Anyway it looks like 'wish' is needed in the sentence. Anyway I'm a poor Italian man... :-D

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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            Actually his sentence,

            steph5 wrote:

            I was in the understanding that if you declare a static function it can only be called from the source file where it is declared.

            and yours

            Mark Salsbery wrote:

            Huh? I call static methods that aren't in the same source file all the time

            are not in conflict: standard (i.e C-like, not belonging to a class) static functions have file scope, while static methods have not such a constraint. :)

            If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
            [My articles]

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            Mark Salsbery
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            I stand corrected! :) And I'm not the one that voted you down! Cheers!

            Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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              CPallini wrote:

              while static methods

              C++ (actually Bjarne Stroustrup) don't talk about methods (which is more correct to Java/C#), but talks about member variables and member functions.

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              CPallini
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              OOP talks about methods. C++ use its own jargon to name the same entity. :)

              If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
              This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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              • T toxcct

                Mark, wait. I didn't say all I write is gramatically correct; I make mistakes sometimes. BUT, isn't the construction I just asked you in this thread valid ?

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                Mark Salsbery
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                I see it now sorry :) Yeah you are right I think. The more I say both versions, yours sounds better. And using "was" implies past tense which seems silly. :beer:

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                • M Mark Salsbery

                  I stand corrected! :) And I'm not the one that voted you down! Cheers!

                  Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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                  CPallini
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                  Mark Salsbery wrote:

                  I stand corrected!

                  did you ever doubt if? ;P

                  Mark Salsbery wrote:

                  And I'm not the one that voted you down!

                  No doubt about. BTW: no Kanine Crunchies for my troll this evening. :)

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                    Mark Salsbery wrote:

                    I stand corrected!

                    did you ever doubt if? ;P

                    Mark Salsbery wrote:

                    And I'm not the one that voted you down!

                    No doubt about. BTW: no Kanine Crunchies for my troll this evening. :)

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

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                    Mark Salsbery
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                    CPallini wrote:

                    Kanine Crunchies

                    Now I'm hungry! :-D

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                    • C CPallini

                      steph5 wrote:

                      I was in the understanding that if you declare a static function it can only be called from the source file where it is declared.

                      That's true.

                      steph5 wrote:

                      Am I missing something??

                      Yes: in

                      steph5 wrote:

                      class myClass { static void myFunction }

                      is not an ordinary (i.e. C-style) static function, is a static method (i.e is a member of the class even if you don't need an instance of the class to call it). :)

                      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                      [My articles]

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                      Rajesh R Subramanian
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                      :suss: Why the low vote? Someone had a bad day. Perhaps. here[^] as well.

                      Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]

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