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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [parisc-linux] Re: Another problem with making things static
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:01:30 -0800
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On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:29:24 -0600 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> wrote:

> For any person who wants to make a static symbol exported, we force an
> explanation out of them about what they're trying to do and why.  Might
> I suggest we apply the same standard to anyone trying to make something
> static?  i.e. they need to explain clearly why the symbol shouldn't be
> part of any rational API.
> 

The majority of these things are simply oversights: people forgot to
type `static'.

C got the defualt wrong..
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