From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Mon Jun 14 18:38:19 1999
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 14 Jun 1999 19:38:19 +0200
Subject: definition of R_problem_buf in S.h (PR#210)
In-Reply-To: Duncan Temple Lang's message of "Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:46:38 -0400"
References: <199906141648.SAA12286@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Message-ID: <x2wvx6el84.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>

Duncan Temple Lang <duncan@rice.research.bell-labs.com> writes:

> I think Thomas is correct and that it is a problem.  I brought it up a
> while back and Peter had some comments.  The problem is when 2 or more
> user-level C source files include S.h. Then while each file has an
> idempotent S.h, when linked together, there is a duplication of
> symbols.  The problem is not within source file but across file.

Yes, exactly. I forgot which comment I had at the time, but...

There are two obvious solutions:
(1) Define it "static" in S.h (hey, what is 4K these days?)
(2) Declare it extern there and define it somewhere else.

Any preferences?

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definition of R_problem_buf in S.h (PR#210)
Peter Dalgaard BSA