Does it matter where I declare a static const in my file?

[sick prawn]

Do I need to write all my static const declarations at the start of my single file project or is it fine to put them closer to where they are used for readability?

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[chrome bolt]

you can put them anywhere you want, they just need to be declared before they are used

[sick prawn]

It's allocated before the program starts either way?

[chrome bolt]

yeah, all static initialization runs before main()

(not counting static init inside of functions)

[sick prawn]

Is there a way and / or is it desirable to tag the types of those variables when you first use them?

[ionic star]

wdym?

[chrome bolt]

something like

static bool var_used = false;
static T var = (var_used = true, T(...));

perhaps

[ionic star]

and what would be the purpose of that?

[chrome bolt]

identifying whether var was initialized or not

this only makes sense for static objects in functions though

[ionic star]

I find it somewhat dubious

[chrome bolt]

well, it doesn't make sense if they're in the same scope

void awoo() {
    static bool var_used = false;
    if (something) {
        static T var = (var_used = true, T(...));
        ...
    }
    ...
}

but yeah, it's pretty dubious

[sick prawn]

I dunno, just seemed convenient to make it clear what type a variable is, if it was initialized a lot earlier in the file?

[chrome bolt]

syntax highlighters usually give different colors to local variables, function parameters, and globals

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