RE: [Dev-C++] 'extern const' and std::vector

[Ioannis V. <iv...@at...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Westermark [mailto:pw...@ia...] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:15 PM
> To: Ioannis Vranos
> Cc: Dev-C++ Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] 'extern const' and std::vector
> 
> 
> Yes, this exists:
> extern const int x;
> 
> However, that is a constant. The request - as I read it - was 
> for a global
> variable to be const in just one file, while writeable in other files.


Ok then I recall. :)  It sounds like he is doing a bad design though. 


 
> When extern-declaring something (that is already declared 
> somewhere else),
> you should declare it identical to the original declaration, 
> and it this
> case the original declaration is not const.


Yes.



Ioannis Vranos
 
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