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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index c4cb5ff0d4..48aa4edfbd 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ For C programs: - Use Git's gettext wrappers to make the user interface translatable. See "Marking strings for translation" in po/README. + - Variables and functions local to a given source file should be marked + with "static". Variables that are visible to other source files + must be declared with "extern" in header files. However, function + declarations should not use "extern", as that is already the default. + For Perl programs: - Most of the C guidelines above apply. |