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Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both?

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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 09/03/15 19:47, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> DSF <notavalid@address.here> writes:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including
>>> it as static in both?
>> [...]
>>
>> You can declare it in a header, and #include that header only in those
>> two translation units.  Would tnat satisfy your requirements?
>
> It might, but it might not. Consider this function:
>
> static unsigned char uccount(void)
> {
>   static unsigned char count;
>   return count++;
> }

I didn't suggest defining it as static.  Just define it normally,
declare it in a header, and #include that header only where it's needed.

[...]

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Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? DSF <notavalid@address.here> - 2015-03-09 15:02 -0400
  Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-09 15:22 -0400
    Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-09 19:34 +0000
  Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-09 12:47 -0700
    Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-09 21:33 +0000
      Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-10 07:28 -0700
        Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-10 14:59 +0000
          Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-10 10:37 -0700
            Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-10 18:45 +0000
  Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Lőrinczy Zsigmond <nospam@for.me> - 2015-03-09 21:04 +0100
  Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-03-09 21:39 +0100
  Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-09 21:20 +0000
  Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-09 19:23 -0500
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        Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-25 10:26 -0400
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      Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-25 10:28 -0700
        Re: Is there any way to make a function local to two TUs without including it as static in both? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-25 17:46 +0000
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