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From: jamin1@psu.edu (Jamin Frederick)
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Subject: Re: static and non stativ viods
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 23:52:38 GMT
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On Mon, 08 Jun 1998 09:55:53 +0100, James Russell
<James_Russell@scee.sony.co.uk> wrote:

>peter black wrote:
>> 
>> can anyone tell me the differnce between
>> static void function()
>> and
>> viod function()
>
>A function (or variable) defined with 'static' is not exported, which
>means that functions in other object files can't see it, and
>thus they can't use it. Only variables/functions within the file can
>use that variable/function. It's mainly used to prevent an object's
>function/variable definitions from conflicting with another object's
>function/variable definitions.
>

	Yea, the less globally accessible stuff you've got hanging out
of your file, the more modularized your code is -- all the static
stuff stays nice and "watertight".


Jamin

>> and why the latter seems to create rubbish in
>> codewarrior debbuger stack window
>
>Um... pass.