Re: A problem with "extern"
On Dec 1, 4:29 am, drop <warm...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have write a short program that use a static globle variabl .That
variable has been modefied in another file, but the result is not as
expect,nothing to output to show that variable has been modefied!
/////////////// "main.h" ///////////
#ifndef MAIN_H
#define MAIN_H
#include <vector>
static std::vector<int> data;
void init();
#endif
//////////////// "main.c" ////////////////
#include "main.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
extern std::vector<int> data;
int main()
{
init();
vector<int>::iterator it = data.begin ();
while(it != data.end ())
{
cout << (*it) << endl;
++it;
}
return 0;
}
////////////////////// "init.cpp" ////
#include "main.h"
#include <vector>
extern std::vector<int> data;
void init()
{
data.push_back (1);
data.push_back (2);
data.push_back (3);}
////////////////////
why???
Hi,
The static global variable cant be modified in another file. This
variable can only be used in the file where it is declared. If you
want to access it in another file, you may need to go for non-static
version of global variable.
The static variables having namespace scope have internal linkage. The
entity it denotes can be referred to by names from other scopes in the
same translation unit only.
Regards,
Boopathi D.
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