[Dev-C++] What is a static function

[<vil...@ya...>]

 --- Albert Vilella Bertran <vil...@ya...> escribió: > I don't
understand what is like to declare a function as "static".
> For example:
> 
> static void initBV() {
> if (!inittedBV)
>     {
>     int i;
>     for (i=0; i<ArraySize(bV); i++)
>     bV[i] = -1;
>     bV['a'] = bV['A'] = A_B_V;
>     bV['b'] = bV['B'] = B_B_V;
>     bV['c'] = bV['C'] = C_B_V;
>     bV['d'] = bV['D'] = D_B_V;
>     bV['e'] = bV['E'] = E_B_V;
>     inittedBV = TRUE;
>     }
> }
> 
> What is that code doing?
> If I "malloc" something inside the function, what happens? Is the space
> able to be freed outside of the function?
> How is that "int i" variable managed, is it created always but not used
> unless the "if" condition is true?
> Can I put this kind of conditional declaration of functions in a non-static
> function?
> 
> I don't know much of it, you see! :)
> 
> 
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