zahed khurasani <sdzahed@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > How can I distinguish between the following two declarations (both > appear outside any function at file scope)? > > extern int i; > int i; > > Both show up as VAR_DECL nodes in the BLOCK_VARS of the > TRANSLATION_UNIT_DECL. Moreover, both return true for DECL_EXTERNAL. I > need a way to say which is which in my plugin code. I assume this is C, not C++, and that you are not using the -fno-common option. The "int i;" will be DECL_COMMON. Ian