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Jeff Szuhay is the principal developer at QuarterTil2 which specializes in graphics-rich software chronographs for desktop environments. In his software career of over 35 years, he has engaged in a full range of development activities from systems analysis and systems performance tuning to application design, from initial development through full testing and final delivery. Throughout that time, he has taught computer applications and programming languages at various educational levels from elementary school students to university students, as well as developed and presented professional, on-site training.
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Chapter 24 – Working with Multi-File Programs

  1. Yes, and this is often the best place to declare a structure.
  2. Yes, you can, but this is a really bad programming practice. You should define an array either in a function where it is used, in main(), or as a global variable (as we did with bRandomize).
  3. Yes, you can, but this is a really bad programming practice. Instead, declare function prototypes in the header and define the functions in the source file.
  4. You can define a function exactly once.
  5. To prevent name clashes, in the header file, use the #ifndef _HEADER_NAME_H_, #define _HEADER_NAME_H_, and #endif macros around the contents of the header file.
  6. Getting tricksy with the preprocessor not only takes an added amount of time to get right, but it also adds little to the overall reliability and maintainability of your programs. In other words, don't try to get tricksy with the preprocessor unless you have a good reason to and you absolutely must do...
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Jeff Szuhay is the principal developer at QuarterTil2 which specializes in graphics-rich software chronographs for desktop environments. In his software career of over 35 years, he has engaged in a full range of development activities from systems analysis and systems performance tuning to application design, from initial development through full testing and final delivery. Throughout that time, he has taught computer applications and programming languages at various educational levels from elementary school students to university students, as well as developed and presented professional, on-site training.
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