On Thu 13 Oct 2005 at 14:28:42 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> It strikes me as inelegant to have a variable declared static, which
> should mean it is not visible outside the file, and then want to look

Well, technically static linkage means that it is not visible to the
*compiler* outside of the file. If it is visible to a debugger, a kernel
groveler or the demons hiding in our noses is outside the scope of the C
standard. Maybe the ELF standard has something to say about it.

>         Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
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