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		zabzonk 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thoughts on Generating C Then why not define "something" as static, which makes the compiler and linker guarantee that you can't do it?

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bigfishrunning 6 days ago [–]

What if I want to internally access it from multiple compilation units, but not necessarily encourage downstream users from using it? This is really common.

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