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From: Jeff Woods <Kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>
Subject: Re: Stupid Question.
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 13:02:25 -0600
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To: "John T. Williams" <jtwilliams@vt.edu>
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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;
>}

It makes the function visible only within the comilation unit it's in.  See 
also:

http://www.phim.unibe.ch/comp_doc/c_manual/C/SYNTAX/static.htm

As the website points out static functions and static variables seem like 
very different meanings of the word "static".  In both cases I think of it 
as "global but private/hidden".

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Jeff Woods <kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>