From: Pete Becker <petebecker AT acm DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Can't get external variables to work!??
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 11:06:51 -0500
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Bruce Merry (the Almighty Cheese) wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I've been using C and C++ for quite a while now, but up to now I've not
> needed to share a variable between source files. What I am trying at the
> moment is basically (with other stuff removed):
> 
 > kbd.h:
 > #ifndef __my_kbd_h
 > #define __my_kbd_h
 > #include "c_types.h"
 > extern byte keys[128];
 > #endif
 > 
 > program.c:
 > #include "c_types.h"
 > #include "kbd.h"
 > /* stuff with the keys array */
 > 
 > kbd.c:
 > #include "c_types.h"
 > static volatile byte keys[128];
 > /* code for keyboard handling */
> 
> Basicly, all the source files compile into objects fine, but at link
> time the error 'undefined reference to keys' multiple times. What am I
> doing wrong (I'm using DJGPP 2, BTW).

In kbd.h it says:

extern byte keys[128];

The 'extern' says that this is describing the variable named 'keys', but
that it lives somewhere else. That is, it's not being defined.

In kbd.c it says:

static volatile byte keys[128];

The 'volatile' doesn't seem necessary from the description here, but
that's not the problem. The 'static' says that this definition of keys
is not to be made visible to any other file. That's why the linker
complains: there's no definition of 'keys' that can be used by
program.c. To fix this, remove the 'static' here. Also remove the
'volatile', unless there's something else going on here that you haven't
mentioned.
	-- Pete