Peter Bindels wrote:

> #ifdef FOO_INIT
> #define VAR_DECLARE(var, init) extern var
> #else
> #define VAR_DECLARE(var, init) var = init
> #endif
> 
> [header]
> VAR_DECLARE(int a, 42);
> VAR_DECLARE(static int b, 12);
> VAR_DECLARE(volatile int c, 44);
> const int d = 45;
> [/header]

One disadvantage of getting so fancy (that is, so far away from standard C
syntax) is that IDEs that help the programmer out with parsing the code and
supplying all kinds of help with the syntax (like showing the declaration
of a variable in a flyover) often don't understand such declarations. They
have less problems with the form Dave and Peter suggested.

Gerhard

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