by Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 5, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Bartc wrote:
> I noticed that in C, functions in any module are automatically ex****ted.
So
> that it's not possible to use the same function name in two modules (ie.
> source files).
Look up the keyword "static". You will find that your assertion is false.
> Now that I know that, I get work around it; but is there a way to avoid
the
> problem (short of lots of renaming)?
Look up the keyword "static".
> More seriously, variables declared at file scope also seem to be
> automatically ex****ted. But in this case, the compiler/linker doesn't
warn
> me that the same name is being used in two or more modules. (Is this
what
> the fuss is about with 'global variables'?)
Look up the keyword "static".
> Is there any way I can fix this? (Like some keyword that will render a
> variable local to a module.)
Look up the keyword "static".