Is static a modifier in C++?

Question

I've always thought of 'modifiers' in C++ as adjectives for a type (non-technical, easy to remember definition for myself). Strictly for the purposes of communication, would it be appropriate to refer to 'static' as a modifier?

EDIT: Just to be clear, I do understand what static is and does, I just want to know technically how to communicate what type of symbol/keyword/etc it is in a discussion. The standard doesn't seem to pin an exact tag on it, although I only searched through it briefly.

Answer 1

There are modifiers , type qualifiers and storage classes :

Storage Classes:

• auto
• register
• static <---------you are here!(if you ask my opinion, it is between qualifier and storage)
• extern
• mutable
• Thread-local<-----(i learned this just now :D Thx Loki Astari)

Type qualifiers:

• const
• volatile
• restrict
• __align <------- Not sure(it says IBM)

Modifier Types:

• Signed
• Unsigned
• Long
• Short
• Class access: public
• Class access: private
• Class access: protected

Also 'mutator functions' are intercepted as modifiers but i dont know if it is legal.

Good day.