On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:03 PM language.lawyer--- via Std-Discussion
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> On 17/02/2022 22:48, Vladimir Grigoriev via Std-Discussion wrote:
> > Why are not block scope variables declared with the specifier static considered as local variables in the C++ Standard?

They are. See below.

> AFAIK currently there is no definition of such thing as local variable.

There is no such definition in post-C++20. But in C++20 and before,
there has been. From [basic.scope.block]/1:

> A variable declared at block scope is a local variable.

The current working draft in the same section calls them "block variables".