Re: C help please - C newbie

Mark A. Odell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Bryan Bullard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> >> Static variables are local to the .c file.  Static variables also can
> >> stay around after the function is exited.
> > 
> > static variables have file level scope and typically presist throughout
> > operation.

> Why typically? I believe the *must* persist for the duration of the
> program. 

Not if the compiler can determine that they're no longer needed after
some point in program flow.  They must behave *as if* they persisted
for the duration of the program --- but if the program doesn't look,
the compiler is allowed to re-use the space otherwise.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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