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[chathura666]

I have written two functions NewMalloc() and NewFree() which are similar to malloc() and free(). They have a global variable of 50000 byte array and its where the memory is allocated dynamically. Everything is written in C , (not C++)

my problem is that i have givent this array, the name(identifier) "NEWMALLOC_mem" which will not allow me to use this word as an identifier in my programs that use these two functions.(they are written in a file called newmalloc.c which is to be linked with my programs).

in C++ this can be solved by using Namespace... but i want this on C..

please help me...

[guestgulkan]

You can make it a static global variable - this will give it internal linkage

SomeFile.c

static int  aaa;  //Global variable - internal linkage - visible only within this file
void somefunc(void)
{
    aaa = 3; //refers  to the aaa above
}

SomeOtherfile.c
aaa = 3; //refers to some variable called aaa BUT not the one defined in SomeFile.c

[chathura666]

thats Great guestgulkan... thank you very much... i new only little about this static keyword.. thanks for everything and the cool code example...
cheers... :)