CSC 253 Lecture 6

Declarations vs. Definitions Why do we separate declarations from definitions? What is the rule for placing declarations and definitions? What is “module-based programming” in C?

Our int_math module Let’s define a file that contains two functions pow(int base, int exp) fact(int n) The first function is essentially the same as we wrote in the 3rd week. Let’s start with the header file.

Our int_math.h What idiom do we need to use at the beginning of the file? Let’s write the rest of the code …

Out int_math.c Let’s check parameters for validity … Let’s code fact() recursively. Suppose we compile int_math.c; what will happen?

Separate Compilation We can compile int_math.c even without writing a main program. We just use the -c switch on our call to gcc This produces an object file that can be used later.

The Main Program Now let’s write the main program … (exercise) We can run the program by listing our source file, along with the precompiled object file. We can also compile both files together …