> I think it is about fixing a conceptual bug given the following example:
>
> extern int i; // external linkage
> int f() {
> static int i; // internal linkage
> {
> extern int i; // external linkage before the change, internal
> linkage after the change
> }
> }
>
> I think the conceptual bug is because people expect the innermost i to
> follow the i whose enclosing scope is most immediate.
>
Sorry for off-topic, but I see nothing wrong in your example. The
innermost i being redeclared is not related to the static i, so both
innermost and outermost i's represent the same object having external
linkage.
Andrew Makhorin
