Dec 24, 2015 · 9 What you are calling global function is usually called a free function and they are A Good Thing. You would define it just like a class' member function, but outside of that class' …

Feb 7, 2013 · How are they different from having global functions in a file? They are invisible to the linker, allowing other compilation units to define functions with the same signature. Using …

Sep 28, 2011 · Why would I want to overload a C++ operator () as global and not member function. For example, the == operator. Why is this done? for example in STL libraries.

Mar 14, 2012 · I know one should not use global variables but I have a need for them. I have read that any variable declared outside a function is a global variable. I have done so, but in …

3 A global function (in C++) is a function which is accessible anywhere in the code. It's a heritage of the C programming language. For people who began with a language like java, it can looks …

I have problem creating global variable inside function, this is simple example: int main{ int global_variable; //how to make that } This is exactly what I want to do: int global_variable; in...

Mar 19, 2013 · 42 I would like to wrap a C library within a C++ class. For my C++ class I also would like to have the same declaration used by these C function: is it possible to do that? If …

Mar 6, 2013 · While global variables are accessible at any point within the code (in the same as well as different translation units depending upon the const -ness and extern -ness), a static …

Possible Duplicate: Static vs global I'm confused about the differences between global and static global variables. If static means that this variable is global only for the same file then why ...

Is there a difference between defining a global operator that takes two references for a class and defining a member operator that takes only the right operand? Global: class X { public: int ...