I think there might be a terminology mix-up here. In C, a global variable with the `static` keyword is is still mutable. So it typically can't be constant-folded/inlined.
The `static` modifier in that context just means that the symbol is not exported, so other ".c" files can't access it.
The `static` modifier in that context just means that the symbol is not exported, so other ".c" files can't access it.