> Not only that, it violates longstanding C semantics.
>
> "static" => "can not be referenced outside this compilation unit"
> "EXPORT_SYMBOL" => "can be referenced outside this compilation unit"
If "referenced" means "referenced by its name" and not "called", then
yes. But the EXPORT_SYMBOL case is equivalent to making a non-static
data structure contain a pointer to your static function which is
perfectly normal C. For example:
static void f(void)
{
}
void (*pf)(void) = f;
and then (in another compilation unit)
pf();
is obviously correct.
Have a nice fortnight
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