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Re: C++11 generalized attributes for namespaces

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On 2012-04-08 17:14, Boris Kolpackov wrote:
>
> I am looking into C++11 generalized attributes and trying to understand
> if they apply to namespaces, including the global namespace/translation
> unit.
>
> According to Clause 7 [dcl.dcl] paragraph 1 (the attribute-declaration
> production), we can have something like this:
>
> [[attr]];
>
> namespace n
> {
>       [[attr]];
> }
>
> However, I can't seem to find any text that says what such an attribute
> appertains to. Is it to the innermost namespace? Or, may be, always to
> the translation unit?


[..]

> I would appreciate it if someone can clarify this.


The semantics should be described by the general statement in 7 p1:

"Except where otherwise specified, the meaning of an
attribute-declaration is implementation-defined."

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Krügler


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C++11 generalized attributes for namespaces Boris Kolpackov<boris@codesynthesis.com> - 2012-04-08 08:14 -0700
  Re: C++11 generalized attributes for namespaces Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-11 23:12 -0700

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