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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: lib/malloc.c change request
Keywords: cc1.2 variable scope bug
Message-ID: <809@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 19 Jun 88 15:01:11 GMT
References: <2686@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <2686@ttidca.TTI.COM> clark@ttidca.TTI.COM (Ralph Clark) writes:
>static variable declarations do not override global declarations in
>other files, and cause the similar name to be multiply defined.
I think the bug is that static is exported beyond the file, which it
shouldn't be.  I'll change top, bottom and empty in malloc to _top,
_bottom, and _empty.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
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Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)