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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:37:33 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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> I was under the impression that if you #include your .h file, the
> declaration is included at compile time in your .c file.  I am not
> quite sure I understand why I would need to declare them twice.

This isn't djgpp-specific, but to summarize:

--- foo.h ---
extern int i;
extern int f();

--- a.c ---
#include "foo.h"

int v()
{
  i = f();
}

--- b.c ---
#include "foo.h"

int i;

int f()
{
}

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