I was reading about SIOF from a book and it gave an example :

//file1.cpp
extern int y;
int x=y+1;

//file2.cpp
extern int x;
int y=x+1;  

Now My question is :
In above code, will following things happen ?

  1. while compiling file1.cpp, compiler leaves y as it is i.e doesn't allocate storage for it.
  2. compiler allocates storage for x, but doesn't initialize it.
  3. While compiling file2.cpp, compiler leaves x as it is i.e doesn't allocate storage for it.
  4. compiler allocates storage for y, but doesn't initialize it.
  5. While linking file1.o and file2.o, now let file2.o is initialized first, so now:
    Does x gets initial value of 0? or doesn't get initialized?
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