Clean up and comment the use of local for static.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gzguts.h b/gzguts.h
index bb62175..4f83d6d 100644
--- a/gzguts.h
+++ b/gzguts.h
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@
 #ifndef local
 #  define local static
 #endif
-/* compile with -Dlocal if your debugger can't find static symbols */
+/* since "static" is used to mean two completely different things in C, we
+   define "local" for the non-static meaning of "static", for readability
+   (compile with -Dlocal if your debugger can't find static symbols) */
 
 /* gz* functions always use library allocation functions */
 #ifndef STDC