Issue declaring extern class object

Question

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Answer 1

You need to put the definition of your Player class in the header file, before you declare the extern variable. Otherwise the compiler has no idea what Player is.

I suggest something like this:

player.h

#ifndef PLAYER_H_
#define PLAYER_H_

class Player {
    ...
};

#endif

player.cpp

#include "player.h"

Player john;

cc.h

#ifndef CC_H_
#define CC_H_

#include "player.h"

extern Player john;

#endif