On Feb 8 19:41, Howland Craig D (Craig) wrote: > Eric: > I suggest adding a brief comment explaining the need for the > static. > (For the lists, we had a brief off-list discussion, where Eric > quoted > C99 section 6.2.2 paragraph 5 and section 6.7.4 paragraph 6. Together > they give the details needed for understanding. In short, the compiler > can > choose not to in-line the function, but without the static it would emit > an > external function call--which can fail at link if that function does not > exist. With the static, it can still choose to not in-line, but is > required > to provide a local function call within that translation unit. I > apologize
Adding such a comment sounds like a good idea. With this change the patch s ok to go in, Eric. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Project Co-Leader Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
