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<h3 class="section">11.8 Common Misunderstandings with GNU C++</h3>

<p><a name="index-misunderstandings-in-C_002b_002b-3230"></a><a name="index-surprises-in-C_002b_002b-3231"></a><a name="index-C_002b_002b-misunderstandings-3232"></a>C++ is a complex language and an evolving one, and its standard
definition (the ISO C++ standard) was only recently completed.  As a
result, your C++ compiler may occasionally surprise you, even when its
behavior is correct.  This section discusses some areas that frequently
give rise to questions of this sort.

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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Static-Definitions.html#Static-Definitions">Static Definitions</a>:   Static member declarations are not definitions
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Name-lookup.html#Name-lookup">Name lookup</a>:          Name lookup, templates, and accessing members of base classes
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Temporaries.html#Temporaries">Temporaries</a>:          Temporaries may vanish before you expect
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Copy-Assignment.html#Copy-Assignment">Copy Assignment</a>:      Copy Assignment operators copy virtual bases twice
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