Clean up and comment the use of local for static.

2016-10-26 10:25:10 -07:00
parent ce12c5cd00
commit bedea2483b
4 changed files with 6 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/gzguts.h
+++ b/gzguts.h
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@
 #ifndef local
 #  define local static
 #endif
-/* compile with -Dlocal if your debugger can't find static symbols */
+/* since "static" is used to mean two completely different things in C, we
+   define "local" for the non-static meaning of "static", for readability
+   (compile with -Dlocal if your debugger can't find static symbols) */

 /* gz* functions always use library allocation functions */
 #ifndef STDC