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>		...
>		static int fred()
>		{
>		}
>
>	this compiles without error (as it should) but when you link it it
>	gives a message '(local) identifier not found fred', or something
>	to that effect. So far so good ... this gives us a reasonable idea
>	of the problem, and a fix, but read on ...

Doesn't sound like a but to me!  Since function fred() is defined as static,
no references to fred() are allowed outside this dot-c file.  So it will
compile, but when you link with another dot-c, any reference to fred() in
the second dot-c should produce unresolved external declaration errors
(which is what you're seeing with '...identifier not found' messages).

Get rid of the "static" in front of "int fred()" and try it.