[parisc-linux] Re: Another problem with making things static

[Andrew Morton]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:29:24 -0600 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley at 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..