From: Jason Voegele <jason@...>
Date: 2003-04-11T21:50:55+09:00
Subject: Re: rb_io_getline question

Jim Freeze wrote:
> On Friday, 11 April 2003 at 21:19:39 +0900, ts wrote:
>> rb_io_getline is a static function
> 
> Hmm, can you translate that? Does that mean it can't be used or
> that it needs to called differently (and if so, how)?

It means that the function is "private" and only available to the file 
in which it is defined.  Whether there's a way around this I'm not sure, 
so I'll let Guy pick it up from here. :)

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Jason Voegele
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