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Subject: Re: orca/c bug
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Date: 7 Mar 91 01:17:50 GMT
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In article <EbnpcPC00Vog88Zap4@andrew.cmu.edu> gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory Ross Thompson) writes:
>
>  While we're mentioning bugs in Orca/C, has anyone out there noticed
>any problems with declaring static variables in Orca?  I'm working on
>porting something kinda big and useful from unix to the GS (don't ask,
>I won't tell you, because I may never finish), and I was having
>problems with the linker not being able to "find" ANY variable that
>was declared as static.  Has anyone else noticed this?
>		-Greg T.

Greg,

	this is indeed a bug in orca/c. you will be happy to know that in
	the next release of orca/c (i don't know a date yet), that bug
	should be fixed. i have had severe problems with it and am just
	avoiding static variables now (i never throught i'd need them but
	now i do). anyway, mike will be posting a release not of when
	the new updated orca/c will be ready. i will then post that note
	to the net so keep abreast of what is happening here. it's safe to
	say the release should be out within one month. after all, since
	the manuals are being reprinted, mike decided to revisit the bugs
	in orca/c (the bugs were also mounting). i hope you're reported all
	your bugs :)

albert