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In article <4hmslm$b3l@solutions.solon.com>,
Guillaume Laurent  <glaurent@worldnet.net> wrote:
(snip)
>In article <4hdqjq$8pr@solutions.solon.com> fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby) writes:
>I've got a question here : what if the same above declaration is made
>in two (or more) files, compiled seperately then linked together ?
(snip)

I've done this many times (by accident). The linker gives you a `object 
is multiply defined' error and it won't link.

(snip)
>>From what I've tried, the final effective value of i depends on the
>order of linking of the objects :
>
>cc a.o b.o -o foo  ---> i=1
>cc b.o a.o -o foo  ---> i=2

Good grief. What linker are you using? It should *not* be doing this...

>But I'm still wondering about the "duplicate" space...

Well, it isn't duplicated until it's finally linked together. And a 
(decent) linker shouldn't let you do this.

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