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Author steve.dower
Recipients ezio.melotti, larry, mrabarnett, python-dev, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower
Date 2015-05-03.20:42:11
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According to http://compgroups.net/comp.std.c/why-does-the-standard-prohibit-static-int-a/2569729, it's invalid in both C89 and C99, but some compilers accept it as an extension.

IMO we should avoid relying on compiler extensions, at least in the code files that are supposed to be portable.
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