Subj : Re: "File Scope" objects
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Joe Wright
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 05:12 pm

Chris Sonnack wrote:
> Phlip writes:
> 
[ snip ]

>>Give everything the most restricted scope possible.
> 
> 
> Absolutely.  And when several functions in one module share the
> same datum?
> 
The file-scope variable in that module is qualified static so that it 
can't be 'seen' outside the module. If the user needs the value, provide 
it via a function.

-- 
Joe Wright
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                     --- Albert Einstein ---

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