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I have a following C function,

PRIVATE int func_name()
{
   return 0;
}

What does "PRIVATE" mean here?

user3745381
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    Where did you found the code? – MikeCAT Feb 26 '16 at 05:08
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    It means whatever it was `#define`d to mean ... probably `static`. – Jim Balter Feb 26 '16 at 06:09
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    Voting to close this as "cannot get reproduced". Please add more details and show the definition of `PRIVATE`. As it currently stands, nobody can answer the question, they can just do guessing. (One of many reasons why it is royally stupid to re-define the C language into your own secret macro language.) – Lundin Feb 26 '16 at 07:18

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In "normal" C PRIVATE has no meaning.

It is probably a #define to static (or perhaps nothing). I'd suggest trying to grab the output of the pre-processor to see what it looks like. In gcc it's -E to stop after the pre-processor stage.

John3136
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Yes someone might have #defined PRIVATE as static. search for #define of private in your code. They should have defined something like this #define PRIVATE static

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