Hi All, I am writing a program that includes <stdlib.h>. int atoi(const char *) is declared in that header file. I am defining (not declaring) atoi again in my program and using it. As I know, standrd C library (libc.so) is linked with the program. 1. Doesn't gcc find the definition twice and shouldn't it report the error? What I found was that it uses the first definition found. 2. Was it always like this or sometime during the course of evolution of compilers, it was decided that the first definition would be used? 3. Or, since it is compiled with dynamic library, it is behaving that way? 4. Would compiling it with static C library (libc.a) would give me a "function redefined" error? Any help would be appreciated a lot as I have become involved in a heated discussion regarding this. Regards, Amit _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush
