Struggling with using a class from one .cpp in another .cpp file

Hey all,

I'm gonna give you an example and an error and I'm gonna need to know A) Why I can't do it, B) How can I fix it?

So here goes..

I have:

Gemstone.cpp
class Gemstone( / Whatever / );

Init.cpp
void CreateStones(void)
{
Gemstone ruby;
}

Main.cpp
int main()
{
ruby.CheckValue();
}

Now the problem I'm having is, in main.cpp it says that ruby is an undeclared identifier and so it stops compiling.

But why? I declared it in init.cpp, why can't I use it in main.cpp?

(BTW, I also have header files for declaring the classes and functions, so thats not an issue I don't think)

Quote:

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Init.cpp
void CreateStones(void)
{
Gemstone ruby;
}

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The declaration 'Gemstone ruby; ' is local to CreateStones()

If you place it outside the function, it will be global.

So I took it from the function and I put it above the function and still no luck...

http://www.gamedev.net/community/for...topic_id=81512

Heres a more detailed example of my problem, its still my problem but it has all sorts of source code shown through out it, etc..

Thanks guys.

If you want to go with your current design do what Dharius has stated and in your main.cpp declare world as extern -

extern CTerrain world;

However, you will be better off declaring 'world' in main, and passing it to InitGame() by reference to do the initialisation (I assume you're are actually doing more in your real InitGame() and are not just using it to declare an instance of CTerrain).