From: Sean Proctor <sproctor AT ccs DOT neu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: problems with extern
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 06:32:31 GMT
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:04:58 -0400, "Marp" <marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0> wrote:

<snip>

>You can only declare local variables at the beginning of the scope of the
>code. Since you have a function call before the FILE *fp declaration, it
>gives you an error. C++ does not have this limitation, but C does. You also
>mismatched the quote marks in the code you posted. You should do this
>instead:

<snip

yup, thanks... I'm idiot, like was my other guess...
the fact there was an assignment after the declaration make me forget
it was indeed a declaration.  I found that and I was going to correct
myself... Yeah, I'm dumb.

Sean