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From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Declaring global arrays in a multisource project
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 19:07:21 -0700
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x DOT pons AT cc DOT uab DOT es wrote:
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> Dear programmers,
> 
> In a multi-source project I have a global array, declared as:
> 
>   char my_global_array[256];
> 
> in one of the modules.
> 
> Which is the best way of declaring it on the other modules?
> 
>   extern char my_global_array[256];      <<----
>   extern char *my_global_array;
>   extern char my_global_array[];

You should always define extern variables in _exactly_ the same way you
define them in the 'home' module.  Anything else could get you into trouble.

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