From:	"Clemens Valens" <c DOT valens AT REMOVE_THISmindless DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Allegro, static mouse_pointer
Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:56:47 +0200
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Nils Öster wrote in message ...
>Why can't I reach Allegros built in mouse pointer, declared as
>extern static BITMAP *mouse_pointer in <allegro.h>?
>
>What does that static keyword mean anyway?
>
>

I forgot the exact definition of static, but when you declare a global
variable or function static in a file, it is _only_ visible inside this
file. This is why you can't reach the built in mouse pointer. Remove the
static from its definition and away you go. It is a kind of protection
scheme.

Within a function, a static local variable does not lose its value between
different calls of this function.

Clemens

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