-= Pete Replied to steven pasztor about: Pascal -> C =-

G'day steven

 PE> Ah, this one is not possible, at least with C.  However, you may
 PE> get what you really want, by using separate source files, and
 PE> making the functions in them "static", ie internal-visibility
 PE> only.

 sp> Hmmm...?  I must claim ignorance of such things...  How is it
 sp> done and what does it do?

Just create a source file and any functions you want to remain private
you prefix with 'static' see below, btw this is only off the top of my
head so it's untested.

******* sheep.c *************

int flocksize(int sheepdogs);
static int countsheep(void);

int flocksize(int sheepdogs) {

    return countsheep() * sheepdogs;

}

/* local helper function */
static int countsheep(void) {

int sheep = 0;

    while(!asleep)
      sheep++;

    return sheep;
}
******** end sheep.c **********

******** main.c *********
#include 

extern int flocksize(int sheepdogs);
extern int countsheep(void);

int main(void) {

int sheep, dogs = 4;

    sheep = flocksize(dogs);

/* this should generate an error */
    if(countsheep())
      printf("get to bloody sleep\n");

   return 0;
}
******** end main.c *************


   -=Pete=-

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