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From: mat@mtx5a.UUCP (m.terribile)
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Subject: consts and double consts
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 01:29:15 EST
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I have a .h file with two consts:

	const	a = 10;

	const double	b = 12.5;

The second one gives me a multiply defined symbol from the linker when I
include the .h in two .c's .  The first does not.

It appears that double consts are handled by cfront as initialized variables.
That rules out the usage I have described above.

I tried omitting the ``= 12.5'' but cfront told me that the missing value was
no good.

	How do I get this const declared in a .h for two files when cfront
and the linker seem to insist on working at cross purposes?
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