Structure Definition accessing in the test file

[kizhimonkp-ux]

Hi,

I have a source file called SourceA.c in which I have a structure definition and global structure object. I created a test file (test_SourceA.c) to test the SourceA.c and I have externed the global structure object but the compilation fails because the compiler cannot find the structure in the file which is understood. How are these issues generally tackled ? I know that I can simply move the structure definition to a .h file but I am just thinking if there is a better way as there is no need for the definition to be in the .h file.

SourceA.c is as shown below.

typedef struct
{
int A;
} structA;

StructA gtestSctruct;


void Func1()
{
  gtestSctruct.A = 1;
}

test_SouceA.c is as shown below:

extern StructA gtestSctruct;  //compilation error

[Letme]

typedef goes to header file. If you want to keep it as private API i suggest you create sourceA_private.h to indicate this type is for private stuff.