>Subject: Static Global
>From: Wang Yan-FYA009 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:47:44 -0800
>A basic question here: why in those palm sample code that most of global
>variables are declared as static? And also most of those function? Mean to
>be only accessable in one file?
global != static
extern != static
This is just a regular C issue, not specific to Palm OS.
PS: Avoid global variables. (You're writing in C not COBOL)
For a variable with global scope, declare it as static and then
provide functions to read/write it.
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc.
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