Pointer to function vs global variable?

The function that receives a parameter pointing to the variable is more general. It can be used to modify a global, a local or indeed any variable. The function that modifies the global can do that task and that task only.

Static variables have internal linkage, they cannot be accessed beyond the translation unit in which they reside.

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