Thread: extern variable

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    extern variable

    if a variable is declared as extern, for example
    extern int x;

    but it is not declared any where in any file then what will happen? Will x be allocated memory?

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    Why don't you try it and find out?


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    The linker will hit you on the head and wish you knew what you were doing.

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    Or you can just wait and someone will come along and answer it...


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    If he has to ask the question, he may not even understand what I told him. Besides, he doesn't know if I'm telling the truth.

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