20.4.1. Anonymous Namespaces

20.4.1. Anonymous Namespaces
	20.4. Namespaces

[ fromfile: namespaces.xml id: anonymousnamespace ]

A namespace without a name is an anonymous namespace. This is similar to a static global, or file scope identifier. It is accessible from that point, down to the end of the file.^[115]

Example 20.15 shows how anonymous namespaces can eliminate the need for static globals.

Example 20.15. src/namespace/anonymouse.h

namespace {
    const int MAXSIZE = 256;
}

void f1() {
    int s[MAXSIZE];
}

^[115]Unless it appears inside another namespace (which the language permits), in which case the scope is further narrowed by the brackets of its enclosing namespace.