.header(ing) them off at the pass

[Peter da Silva]

In article <1076 at mit-caf.MIT.EDU>, vlcek at mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Jim Vlcek) writes:
> What I was saying was:  People are pointing out that putting
> initializations in the .header file eliminates one variable
> declaration/definition.

I have one question:

What does your compiler do when you say this?

	extern int foo;
	...
	int foo = 10;

Mine tells me I'm trying to initialise an extern and refuses to compile it.

This means, that I have two choices: either define that sucker in the
header using the technique I laid out, or don't include the .h file when
I define the variable. The latter alternative give me a place to screw up
that otherwise wouldn't exist (every other use of the variable is
accompanied by the include file).

What do you do about this?
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