global declarations

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From:     geacc022 (ansok, gary e.) @ timevx
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Subject:  global declarations
To:       info-c @ brl-tgr.arpa
 
I had always thought that the "right way" to declare global variables
was:
 
1)  "extern" declaration in the .h file
2)  definition (and initialization) in one .c file
 
Remember, it is legal to have both an "extern" declaration and a
definition in the same file (or at least it should be -- K&R, p. 77).
I haven't seen the standard, so I don't know what it says about this.
 
			Gary Ansok
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