Thread: multiple definitions of msg

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    multiple definitions of msg

    When I compile the blow code I get 'multiple definition of msg' error
    Code:
    //CTask.h
    #include <iostream>
    #include <queue>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include "CQueue.h"
    #define Terminated 100
    #ifndef _CTASK_H
    #define _CTASK_H
    
    using namespace std;
     
    class CTask
    {
      public:
      CTask();
      virtual ~CTask();
      
    };
    CQueue *msg = new CQueue();
    
    #endif
    Any ideas what might be wrong ?

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    msg is defined in one of the headers you include

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    do you define a variable named msg in CQueue.h also?

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    Originally posted by beege31337
    do you define a variable named msg in CQueue.h also?
    No.

    I have tryed several names and they all get the same error message as above.

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    Not a good idea to dynamically create the object in the header file. Not sure why you'd want to in the first place. Basically what's happening is that every time the CTask.h header is included in a file it tries to create the msg object.

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    He's right. I didn't notice it was a header file that you had the declaration in.

    In general you really do NOT want global variables like that, ESPECIALLY ones which span multiple files. It's considered bad practice, but if you really want to then you should use the keyword

    extern

    at the beginning of the declaration.

    Look up singletons for a more elegant solution to global variables -- but still, avoid needing global access to any variables as much as you can.

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