static functions invisible?

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From: Henry Minsky
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 18:56

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If a function is declared static in a file, then when compiled under
cc, with -g, there seems to be no symbol table entry for it, so that I
can't set breakpoints on it in gdb.

Is there any reason for this?

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