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Re: static functions?

On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 22:41 +0530, Shourya P. Bhattacharya wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:28:52 -0800 (PST), Alaios <alaios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Why the most function in a kernel code must be
> > declared as static?? If i use some not static?
> > 
> It could be avoid symbol name conflicts. By declaring a function

Yes, that's the one (and main) reason: To avoid namespace pollution

> static we limit it's scope to the file in which it is defined.  This 
> way it will not interfere with functions with the same name declared
> in other files.

The other reason is: If a function is "static", it is not accessible
from another source file. Threrfore the compiler knows all possible
calls of that function and may inline the function completely.

	Bernd
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