How to call the static function from another c file?

Question

I want to call a static function from another C file. But it always show "function" used but never defined.

In ble.c

static void bt_le_start_notification(void)
{
    WPRINT_BT_APP_INFO(("bt_le_start_notification\n"));
}

In ble.h

static void bt_le_start_notification(void);

When I try to call bt_le_start_notification in main.c , it will show "bt_le_start_notification" used but never defined.

In main.c

#include "ble.h"

void application_start( void )
{
  bt_le_start_notification();
}

Did I missing something ? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

 For restricting function access from other file, the keyword static is used 

Access to static functions is restricted to the file except where they are declared.When we want to restrict access to functions from outer world, we have to make them static. If you want access functions from other file, then go for global function i.e non static functions.