Re: dynamic library question

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

The static keyword on functions and variables is simply a scoping keyword
when used outside of a block.  It is similar to the private keyword in
C++/Java.

With dynamic libraries, only the code section and const data portions are
shared between applications.  Other data is per application.

James.

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On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Daniel Weber wrote:

> This is not gnome-devel related, per se, but here goes....
> 
> I've discovered several gtk functions that declare static variables
> inside routines.  My question is, since gtk is a dynamically shared
> library, how are these variables handled?  It seems like all programs
> would share the variables value (maybe this is the intent?)  Obviously a
> staticly linked program would get it's own copy if it was intentional,
> though....
> 
> Just wondering how this was handled...
> 
> 
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