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Re: Open Watcom and Open Eu

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Sep 20, 2006
• 517 views

Matt Lewis wrote:
> 
> Al Getz wrote:
> > 
> > Hello again,
> > 
> > Now that Eu will be open, many of us will be using Open Watcom
> > to compile our personal versions so here is a question...
> > 
> > The C++ keyword 'static' when used at file level is supposed
> > to keep a variable visible to that file only, yet it doesnt
> > seem to work, because even if you define a var as static
> > in one file if you go to define it in another file (also as
> > static) the compiler complains.
> > 
> > Example:
> > 
> > //in file A.h:
> > static abc;
> > 
> > //in file B.h:
> > static abc;
> > 
> > This generates compiler error:
> >  " abc already defined "  !!!
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I think you're confusing C with C++.  Here's a page about the topic:
> 
> <a
> href="http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1347400">http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1347400</a>
> 
> It sounds like you're writing C code, but compiling as C++ (Open 
> Watcom uses file extension to determine the language).
> 
> Matt Lewis

Hi Matt,

Yes, that's what i thought too, but everything else seems to work
as if cpp so i figured it was using cpp to compile.
The code resides in an .h file, so perhaps i need to make the
file name extension .hpp instead?

Take care,
Al

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