multiple declaration / definition

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul 10, 2001, "Aparna  Ranish" <aparna_ranish@rediffmail.com> wrote:

>    int i = 2;
>     int i;

The second declaration&definition of `i' is a tentative definition,
because it doesn't have an initializer.  A program can contain many
tentative definitions of a global object, but at most one external
definition (i.e., with an initializer).

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