在 C 中省略变量的 extern,但仍然有效?

omission of extern for variable in C, but still works?

我很困惑为什么会出现以下问题:

test.c

#include <stdio.h>

int g;
// ??? should be extern int g; ??? 

int main(){
  printf("%i\n", g);
  return 0;
}

lib.c

int g = 3;

为什么我在编译时没有收到重复符号错误?我在 C++ 中尝试执行此操作时遇到错误,这让我很满意。然而,在这个例子中,无论我是否包含 extern,一切都会编译和工作(即成功打印 3)。通过阅读 Whosebug 上关于 C 中的 extern 的所有其他问题,每个人似乎都在说用于变量的 extern 声明变量但不为其定义(即分配内存)。但是在这里,如果我不使用 extern,那么我定义了两个单独的变量,都称为 g,因此应该存在某种重复符号错误。但是没有,所以很迷茫

N1570, 6.9.2(强调我的):

2 A declaration of an identifier for an object that has file scope without an initializer, and without a storage-class specifier or with the storage-class specifier static, constitutes a tentative definition.

4 EXAMPLE 1

      int i1 = 1;                    // definition, external linkage
      static int i2 = 2;             // definition, internal linkage
      extern int i3 = 3;             // definition, external linkage
      int i4;                        // tentative definition, external linkage
      static int i5;                 // tentative definition, internal linkage
      int   i1;                      // valid tentative definition, refers to previous
      int   i2;                      // 6.2.2 renders undefined, linkage disagreement
      int   i3;                      // valid tentative definition, refers to previous
      int   i4;                      // valid tentative definition, refers to previous
      int   i5;                      // 6.2.2 renders undefined, linkage disagreement
      extern    int   i1;            // refers to previous, whose linkage is external
      extern    int   i2;            // refers to previous, whose linkage is internal
      extern    int   i3;            // refers to previous, whose linkage is external
      extern    int   i4;            // refers to previous, whose linkage is external
      extern    int   i5;            // refers to previous, whose linkage is internal

您 "test.c" 中的 int g; 是一个暂定定义,给出了 g 外部链接(参见示例)。但是,"lib.c" 中的 int g = 3; 有一个初始化程序,所以它不是一个暂定的定义。结果,"test.c"中的g引用了"lib.c"中的g,其值被初始化为3。

另请参阅:http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/extern