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Klarre · Dec 27th, 2006, 9:11 AM

Usually when I want global functions in my C++ applications I do like this:

namespace Tool
{
	static inline int foo() {}
	static inline int bar() {}
}

int main()
{
	Tool::foo();
	Tool::bar();
}

Another more common way to achieve this result is by doing it this way:

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struct Tool
{
	static inline int foo() {}
	static inline int bar() {}
};

int main()
{
	Tool::foo();
	Tool::bar();
}

So to my question: Is there a difference between them (have not checked the generated code yet)? Which one should I prefer and why?
Thanks for your thoughts!

/Klarre

Dec 27th, 2006, 9:11 AM	#1
Klarre Game engine designer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 312 Rep Power: 4	namespace vs struct Usually when I want global functions in my C++ applications I do like this: (Toggle Plain Text) namespace Tool { static inline int foo() {} static inline int bar() {} } int main() { Tool::foo(); Tool::bar(); } namespace Tool { static inline int foo() {} static inline int bar() {} } int main() { Tool::foo(); Tool::bar(); } Another more common way to achieve this result is by doing it this way: (Toggle Plain Text) struct Tool { static inline int foo() {} static inline int bar() {} }; int main() { Tool::foo(); Tool::bar(); } struct Tool { static inline int foo() {} static inline int bar() {} }; int main() { Tool::foo(); Tool::bar(); } So to my question: Is there a difference between them (have not checked the generated code yet)? Which one should I prefer and why? Thanks for your thoughts! /Klarre __________________ http://www.klarre.se