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From: Jon.Guthrie@p2.f70.n226.z1.fidonet.org (Jon Guthrie)
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Subject: Re: How to make libraries smaller?
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Date: 2 Jun 90 17:30:31 GMT
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 >> Simply collect all global types and variables into one module and
 >> import all that stuff in each of the other partitions.

 > I can see that this makes lots of sense for global types (very similar
 > to C's typedef in an #include file), and will indeed work.  But will
 > variables be the SAME variables in all the modules that import it, or
 > will they be DIFFERENT?  

It depends...if you IMPORT a TYPE (call it Type1) and then declare a variable   
of type Type1 with the name FOO in module BAR1 and declare another variable of   
Type1 named FOO in module BAR2 then the variables will be different.

If, however, you declare a Type1 variable named FOO in the included file and   
IMPORT that into BAR1 and BAR2 then FOO will be the same variable in both   
modules.  Clear?  (Try it, it works!)

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