Re: How to link two oct files

[Olaf Till]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 07:15:25AM -0700, gumlym wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have two oct files, in which I have two functions, defined by DEFUN_DLD. I
> also have a static variable defined in one of the .cc files. The thing is
> that in the c specification it says that :
> 
> static int shared = 3;     /* This is the file-scope variable (with internal
> linkage),
>                             * visible only in this compilation unit. 
>                             */
> 
> Which, given that each oct file is compiled individually, means that the
> variable is only visible in the oct file in which it was declared. How can I
> compile (or link) two oct files together so that I can use that static
> variable in both of them?

You can define both functions within one file and call Octaves
autoload() function (see `help autoload') to access them.

Olaf

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