From: oliver AT jesus DOT hv (Oliver Richman)
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Subject: Re: Problems defining external symbols in C++ !?
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 00:50:45 GMT
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On Fri, 21 Aug 1998 16:43:49 -0300, Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca> wrote:

>Oliver Richman wrote:
>
>> from moo.cc:
>> const struct moostruct moovariable[] = { ... }
>>
>> from moo2.cc:
>> extern const struct moostruct moovariable[];
>>
>> I get an "undefined reference to moovariable" in moo2.cc.
>
>    I tried compiling that, and it didn't work for me either.  You can't have
>extern const data.  I don't know why, but if you remove the 'const' it will work.

So there you have it. I wonder if it would work under another
compiler? As it turns out, I really want this data structure to be
const, but I guess you can't have everything. :)

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