The C modifier "static" has two completely different meanings:
- When used with a function, it makes the function private to the source file
in which it is used. This allows you to re-use the function name in several
source files without namespace conflicts.
- When used with a variable, it makes the variable use global storage instead
of the call stack, thus the contents of the variable persist across function
invocations in which the variable is defined. Persistence is equivalent to
normal globals, in that both exist only during execution of the application
from a standard launch code.
Neither use has anything to do with the location or RAM-residency of the object code.
Regards,
Jim Schram
3Com/Palm Computing
Partner Engineering
