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From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ and RCSid
Message-ID: <WARSAW.91Jun28134758@warsaw.nlm.nih.gov>
Date: 28 Jun 91 17:47:58 GMT
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In-Reply-To: devin@boulder.Colorado.EDU's message of 27 Jun 91 17:32:01 GMT


>>>>> "Devin" ==  <devin@boulder.Colorado.EDU> writes:

	Devin> We're using AT&T C++ 2.0 and RCS, and placing a line in the
	Devin> .C files similar to

	Devin> static char *RCSid = "$Header$";

	Devin> to allow the use of ident to identify which .C files are
	Devin> used in an executable.  The compiler complains:

	Devin> "filename.C", line 1: warning: ::RCSid defined but not used

I use:

	static const char rcsid[]="$Id$";

No complaints from C++ 2.0.

-Barry