I can understand that this a somewhat practical solution to the problem of codebase is all C and all I have is a C compiler, so there is merit to using the stat

I can understand that this a somewhat practical solution to the problem of codebase is all C and all I have is a C compiler, so there is merit to using the static keyword here. But it is also unwieldy and used rarely, so I do not think it is comparable to Rust’s borrow rules in any meaningful sense.