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		teknopaul on Feb 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beej's Guide to C Programming Re: "You can declare a function static if you only want it visible in a single source file." Static means different things in different languages, and in C in different places. In what sense is a static C function static/unmoveable? or a static / class variable static in Java? I find a lot of programming language guides tell you what without a coherent why.

david2ndaccount on Feb 26, 2023 [–]

It’s static as it will always resolve to the same function. An extern function depends on whatever you link against (or users link against if you provide a static library).

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