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From: leo@atcmp.nl (Leo  Willems)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: extern const definition
Keywords: extern const
Message-ID: <612@atcmpe.atcmp.nl>
Date: 3 Jun 90 19:02:26 GMT
Organization: AT Computing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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This C++ code compiles under 1.2, 2.0 (both Glockenspiel) and Zortech (2.06):

		extern const int eof = -1;

The C generating cfront compilers both emit multiple definitions for eof
from which the c compiler gets a headache.

Who is wrong? Is there a fix?

Another, related question:

Must ANSI C compilers accept this:

		int eof = -1;
		int eof = -1;

Thanks.

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