From: "Willem Duminy" <wduminy AT bigfoot DOT com>
Subject: Re: and another thing...
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Make foo extern in header.h and  define it in h.cc
See below.
The problem is that two modules includes your header, and both define foo. 
The directives ensures that you cannot include the same source more than
once pre module.  It has no affect during the linking process.

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Mark Phillips <umphill5 AT cs DOT umanitoba DOT ca> wrote in article
<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 990526115225 DOT 18233A-100000 AT silver DOT cs DOT umanitoba DOT ca>...
> 
> Why should I get this:
> 
> Compiling: h.cc
> no errors
> Compiling: main.cc
> no errors
> Creating: test.exe
> Error: main.o(.data+0x0):main.cc: multiple definition of 'foo'
> Error: h.o(.data+0x0):h.cc first defined here
> 
> When I do this:
> 
> // file #1 main.cc
> #include "header.h"
> 
> int main()
> {
>    fun1();
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> // file #2 h.cc
> #include "header.h"
< W
bool foo;
< W
> 
> void fun1()
> {
>    foo = 1;
> }
> 
> // file #3 header.h
> #ifndef HEADER_H
> #define HEADER_H
> 
> void fun1();
> bool foo;
< W
exterm bool foo;
< W
> 
> #endif
> 
> 
> Shouldn't the preprocessor directives in 'header.h' handle the multiple
> declaration linking errors?
> 
> 
> love
> mark
> 
>