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Constraint violations REFERENCE - ISO:C90-6.5.7 Initialization - Constraints

This is a constraint error

An object declared at block scope with external linkage cannot be initialized.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 2017,3205,3222,3408,3603 ++*/

extern void foo(void)
{
    extern int glob = 0;        /* Message 0709 */
}

QA·C Source Code Analyser 8.1.2
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