http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47861
--- Comment #11 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-02-24 11:27:51 UTC --- (In reply to comment #10) > > oo.cc:4:3: Warning: 'it' is declared as a function-scope > static, error prone, see static member variables No, it is not "error prone" - it is valid C++, and even relied on by well-known idioms such as the "Meyers Singleton" Warning about it would be annoying and unhelpful. > Honestly this would > be prevent if the compiler was going to search for the static var > definition. I don't understand this sentence, sorry.
