Re: Strange piece of code

Alan Curry (pacman-kernel@cqc.com)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:58:21 -0500 (EST)

Giovanni Picoli Tirloni writes the following:
>
>int
>ppp_init (struct device *dev)
>{
> static int first_time = 1; <== define to 1
^^^^^^
> int answer = 0;
>
> if (first_time) { <== check if is 1, why ? any special special reason?
> first_time = 0;

Please look up the meaning of "static" in your C book.

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