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From: Paul Shirley <Paul AT chocolat DOT foobar DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Declaring global arrays in a multisource project
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:53:31 +0100
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In article <50ou0o$btf AT status DOT gen DOT nz>, Bruce Foley
<brucef AT central DOT co DOT nz> writes
>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.

Remember, the only reason (in this case) for supplying the array size is
to allow sizeof to work, so either import the size as a #defined symbol
OR don't supply a size at all (so the compiler can trap use of sizeof).


-- 
Paul Shirley