Re: Where is a static variable stored?


Jack wrote:
Michael Mair wrote:
Jack schrieb:
Thanks.

You're welcome.

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Your question: "Where is a static variable stored?" has no
standard C answer.
Variables with static storage duration "live" throughout the
programme's lifetime. Whether they are stored all or only part
of the time in RAM, ROM, or registers is not specified -- they
have only to behave as if they were there the whole time.

This may not be the answer to what you _wanted_ to ask; please
be precise in your questions.

I think for a static variable defined out of any functions, i.e., it is
a global variable, it is located in the data segment of the program.
How about a static variable defined within a function? it is a local
variable. Is it located at the stack?

You were given several complete and correct answers to this 5 days ago.
What about the answers do you not understand? The C language does not
define where the data is stored. It can't, because it has to work on
many different types of computers. You can run code written in C on
machines that don't have data segments and don't have stacks - so how
could a variable be stored in either the data segment or the stack in
this case?

Why do you care where it's stored? People need to know this to be able
to tell you what you really want to know.

If you're looking for answers about a particular Operating System
running on a particular type of computer, you need to ask in a group
which discusses that OS on that computer.

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