static const variables in main()

[Michael Klatt]

Is there any practical difference between a local variable in main()
declared 'const' and one declared 'static const'?

int main()
{
static const int i1(0);
const int i2(0);
return 0;
}

 

[Gianni Mariani]

Is there any practical difference between a local variable in main()
declared 'const' and one declared 'static const'?

int main()
{
static const int i1(0);
const int i2(0);
return 0;
}

Not with int but for non POD types, the difference is when the
destructor is called.

 

[red floyd]

Not with int but for non POD types, the difference is when the
destructor is called.

Wouldn't it make a diff if main() was called recursively?

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* red floyd:

Wouldn't it make a diff if main() was called recursively?

Not allowed.

 

[red floyd]

* red floyd:



Not allowed.

Thanks, Alf... couldn't remember if recursion into main was allowed
(don't have a copy of the standard).

 

[Thomas Matthews]

Is there any practical difference between a local variable in main()
declared 'const' and one declared 'static const'?

int main()
{
static const int i1(0);
const int i2(0);
return 0;
}

In one of my compilers, there was a huge difference between
a static const and a const as far as an array went.

With the static const array declaration, the compiler knows
that there is only one instance and can optimize away. With
the const array declaration, the compiler was actually copying
the const data to a temporary local variable that it created.

Since these are integers, the above point may be moot. Your
best bet is to look at the assembly language generated by
the compiler and see what the difference really is.

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[Ronald Landheer-Cieslak]

* red floyd:



Not allowed.

why not?

rlc

 

[Robert Bauck Hamar]

why not?

Because the standard sais so:

From annex C, Clause 3.6:
Main cannot be called recursively and cannot have its address taken
Rationale: The main function may require special acions.