C / C++ / MFC

toxcct wrote:

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

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

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.
Am I missing something??

steph5 wrote:

I can't call myFunction from file1.cpp

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

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.

steph5 wrote:

Am I missing something??

steph5 wrote:

class myClass
{
static void myFunction
}

CPallini wrote:

That's true.

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

////////////////////////////
// myClass.h
////////////////////////////

class myClass
{
public:
   static void StaticMethod();
};


////////////////////////////
// myClass.cpp
////////////////////////////

void <code>myClass::</code>StaticMethod()
{
}


////////////////////////////
// someother.cpp
////////////////////////////

void somefunc()
{
   myClass::StaticMethod();
}

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

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.

Mark Salsbery wrote:

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

CPallini wrote:

while static methods

Mark Salsbery wrote:

I stand corrected!

Mark Salsbery wrote:

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

CPallini wrote:

Kanine Crunchies

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++