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From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
Subject: Re: Stupid Question.
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:38:52 +0200
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On Wed, 2004-05-12 13:02:25 -0600, Jeff Woods <Kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>
wrote in message <6.0.1.1.0.20040512125919.02e8cec0@no.incoming.mail>:
> At 5/12/2004 02:53 PM -0400, John T. Williams wrote:
> >What does declaring a function static do?    ie
> >What is the difference between
> >static int blue() {
> >        return 0;
> >}
> >and
> >int blue() {
> >        return 0;
> >}
>=20
> It makes the function visible only within the comilation unit it's in.  S=
ee=20
> also:

A static function (or variable) will only be "visible" within exactly
that .c file which it is defined in.

Static automatic variables (those that are within functions) do have a
different semantic: their contents is preserved during multiple function
calls.

MfG, JBG

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