Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site polaris.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!linus!philabs!polaris!beal From: beal@polaris.UUCP (John L. Beal) Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: Re: Undefined static function Message-ID: <178@polaris.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 13:55:17 EDT Article-I.D.: polaris.178 Posted: Wed Sep 18 13:55:17 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 05:01:26 EDT References: <297@cstvax.UUCP> <355@npois.UUCP> Organization: IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Lines: 8 Xref: watmath net.lang.c:6485 net.bugs.4bsd:1763 > Every declaration which is outside the definition of any function > declares an extern static something, even with "extern" or "static" > or both omitted. > Adam Reed > ihnp4!npois!adam Not true. Static is used to hide the declaration from other files and the default of automatic to scope it throughout the program.