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Question

What does it exactly mean when the Standard states

$7.3.1.1/2 - \"The use of the static keyword is deprecated when declaring variables in a namesp

Answer 1

Interestingly, ISO/IEC 14882:2011 (C++11) removed this language (in fact, it removes the whole paragraph §7.3.1.1/2). It also removes the mention of static from Annex D.

Thus, using the storage class specifier static to give a name internal linkage still works (§3.5/3) and is no longer deprecated.