9.5.6 Anonymous unions declared in a named namespace or in the global namespace shall be declared static.
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C++ 0x draft 9.5.6 Anonymous unions declared in a named namespace or in the
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9.5.6 Anonymous unions declared in a named namespace or in the global namespace shall be declared static.
Why is this?
My guess is that if it were allowed to define the union in a non static way it may violate the ODR (one definition rule)