Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP (Wayne A. Christopher) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: 4.2 extern a DISASTER (Flame) Message-ID: <70@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 02:54:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbcad.70 Posted: Tue Jul 16 02:54:54 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:19:28 EDT References: <2643@hplabsc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 12 > I find the 4.2 C compiler's treatment of extern a total and > complete DISASTER. I have so far been completely unsuccessful > at using extern, though with the 4.1 compiler (which was more > or less K & R standard), there was no trouble. You ought to include a sample of code in which you find externs not to work. I have no idea what you are talking about, and since hundreds of thousands of lines of C have compiled perfectly with the 4.2 compiler, I think it is more likely that either your local compiler is broken or you are confused. Wayne