On 07/10/2016 01:50, Michael J. Fuhrman wrote: > Here is a discussion on the merits of Internal vs External encapsulation. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2929281/are-nested-functions-a-bad-thing-in-gcc > > As for me, I was using it for scope resolution. Helping to make the > code more OO, as well as help avoid naming conflicts between various C > modules. Use the static qualifier for your "private" functions. static functions are not visible outside a translation unit. Regards.