Jay K wrote: > I was pointed to: > > http://david.tribble.com/text/cdiffs.htm#C99-const-linkage > > > which recommends exactly what I'd like to do: > > >>> The recommended practice is therefore to define constants with an explicit static or extern specifier > > > C:\>type 1.c > extern const int b = 1; > > > C:\>gcc -c 1.c > 1.c:1: warning: `b' initialized and declared `extern' > > > Why the warning? Because it doesn't make much sense for C. Try -Wc++-compat Andrew.
