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- From: gusty@clark.net (Harlan Messinger)
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- X-Original-Date: 15 Mar 1996 04:52:33 GMT
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- Date: 15 Mar 96 07:40:07 GMT
- Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
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- Subject: Re: No way to define some extern consts?
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- scott douglass (sdouglas@armltd.co.uk) wrote:
- : Hello all,
- :
- : Given a class type with only a no-argument contstrutor:
- :
- : struct T { T(); /* ... */ }; // assume no other ctors
- :
- : Is there any way to define an extern const object of class T?
- :
- : extern const T t; // nope: this is a declaration
- : const T t2; // nope: this is a definition, but t2 is not extern
-
- This is the correct one. The object ISN'T external from the point of view
- of the module in which it's defined! You'll declare
-
- extern const T t2;
-
- in the header file, but define
-
- const T t2;
-
- as a global non-static object in the one source file in which you want it
- to reside.
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