Globals and Unnamed Namespaces

Question

I have seen a few examples of people putting globals inside unnamed namespaces.

i.e
namespace {
const int myGlobal = 4;
}

what is the purpose of using a blank namespace.

Shouldnt we be using a named namespace?

Answer 1

..... google to the rescue! lol..

Replacement for static.. 😊 sorry for the disturbance folks.. back to it!

http://www.comeaucomputing.com/techtalk/#nostatic