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From: brucef AT central DOT co DOT nz (Bruce Foley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Declaring global arrays in a multisource project
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 09:07:38 GMT
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"x DOT pons AT cc DOT uab DOT es" <ILGES AT cc DOT uab DOT es> wrote:

>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?

I'd use this one:
>  extern char my_global_array[256];


>  extern char *my_global_array;
>  extern char my_global_array[];


Also, use a #define for the array size so that if you decide to change
it, you only have to do it in one place.

Bruce.