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  1. 02-22-2010 #1
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    extern enum

    I declared an enum as a type in an header file and I want to use it in my .c file, should I use extern?

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    typedef enum {BLA, BLABLA, BLABLABL} MY_TYPE;
    In the .c file the compiler doesn't recognize MY_TYPE.

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    Include that header in that source file.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    I did. But it doesn't work..
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    Post the smallest and simplest program that demonstrates the problem, and also post the error message(s), if any.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Oh ........, never mind I'm an idiot XD
    I mixed C++ in the .c file V_V
    Thanks anyway (:
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