Re: static functions

["Scott Pace" <space@vistar.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jody Hagins <gamecox@magicnet.net>
To: 'Builder Thread' <cpb-thread@zdtips.com>
Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: static functions


>
>int anotherFunction()
>{
>  static int beenHere; // declared in same memory segment as "foofoo"
>                       // but is only available to this function.  It
>                       // is not on the stack, and retains its value
>                       // between invocations of this function.  Also, it
>                       // is not initialized until the first call to
>                       // this function.
>}
>


Not true. Because it is static, by definition it will be initialized to 0
(zero) before main() is called.

Cheers,
Scott.