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extern用法详解（Extern usage detail） Extern usage detail 1, the basic explanation extern can be placed before a variable or function, in order to define variables or functions defined in other files, which prompts the compiler to find its definition in other modules when it encounters this variable and function. In addition, extern can also be used to specify links. 2 question: the extern variable defines an array in a source file: char a[6]; in another file, the following statement is declared: extern, char, *a Answers and analysis: 1) not, the program will tell you illegal access when running. The reason is that pointers to type T are not equivalent to arrays of type T. Extern char *a declares a pointer variable instead of an array of characters, so it is different from the actual definition, resulting in illegal access at run time. The statement should be changed to extern char a[]. 2), example analysis as follows, if a[] = ABCD, is an external variable of a=0 *(ABCD ASCII, *a code value) apparently has no meaning clearly pointed to by the a space (0 x has no meaning, prone to illegal memory access. 3) and this suggests that when we use extern, we must strictly correspond to the format of the declaration. In practice, such errors are common. 4) and extern used in variable declarations often have such a function that you declare a global variable in the *.c file. If the global variable is to be referenced, it is placed in the *.h and declared in extern. 4 question: extern function 2, when the function provider unilaterally modify the function prototype, if the user does not know, continue to use the original extern statement, so that the compiler compiler will not be wrong. However, in the course of running, because of less or more input parameters, often as a system error, how should this situation be solved? Answer: at present, the industry analysis and treatment for this condition is not a perfect solution, the usual practice is to provide extern