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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner |
| Date | 2015-11-13 08:08 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n24n7f$vb3$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 11/12/2015 11:22 PM, Jon Rossen wrote: > On 11/12/2015 4:33 PM, James Kuyper wrote: >> On 11/12/2015 07:06 PM, Jon Rossen wrote: >>> On 11/12/2015 1:57 PM, John Gordon wrote: >> ... >>>> The usual purpose of the 'extern' keyword is to access a variable that >>>> is declared in a separate compilation unit (i.e. a separate c file). >>>> >>> >>> Yes, I realize that is one of the purposes of extern (separate module), >> >> What other uses do you think 'extern' has? >> > > Let me go out on a limb here: Probably none, I was just expressing this > in an imprecise fashion. ... Correct. > ... For some reason you didn't want to just > correct me but seem to want to go through some sort of Socratic Method > kind of deal. That's fine, and I appreciate your assistance > but why not just take the direct route? :-) Because I wanted to figure out what your misunderstanding was, before I attempted to correct it. It seemed pretty clear from your original message that there was something you were misunderstanding, but it wasn't clear to me what it was. -- James Kuyper
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A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 13:32 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-11-12 21:57 +0000
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 16:06 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-12 19:33 -0500
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 20:22 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-13 08:08 -0500
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-12 21:57 +0000
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 18:47 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-12 22:19 -0500
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 22:05 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-13 07:10 +0000
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-13 08:33 -0500
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-13 12:24 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-14 11:58 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-14 15:27 -0500
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-12 14:00 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-12 23:55 +0000
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-12 17:11 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 20:39 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-12 20:38 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-12 22:13 -0800
Re: A question on variable scope, coming from a relative beginner Jon Rossen <jonr17@comcast.net> - 2015-11-15 21:17 -0800
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