Thread: comments please...

Code:

[/home/kiran/new]@cat > check.c
main()
{
static void f(void);
f();
}
static void f(void)
{
printf("sdfgdasj");
}
[/home/kiran/new]@gcc check.c
[/home/kiran/new]@./a.out

i expect the above code to give compiler error bcos ...there is no point in specifying "static to a void return value"....please explanation

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

I've never heard that one before.

what do u mean.....

static in this context simply means that f() is not visible to any other source file in your program.

Not so important in a single file program, but when you have lots of files, careful use of static can help a great deal in figuring out the overall structure of a program.