/EXTERN_MODEL=option /EXTERN_MODEL=RELAXED_REFDEF (D) In conjunction with the /SHARE_GLOBALS qualifier, controls the initial extern model of the compiler. Conceptually, the compiler behaves as if the first line of the program being compiled was a #pragma extern_model directive with the model and psect name, if any, specified by the /EXTERN_MODEL qualifier and with the shr or noshr keyword specified by the /SHARE_GLOBALS qualifier. For example, assume the command line contains the following qualifier: /EXTERN_MODEL=STRICT_REFDEF="MYDATA"/NOSHARE The compiler will act as if the program began with the following line: #pragma extern_model strict_refdef "MYDATA" noshr See also #pragma extern_model. The /EXTERN_MODEL qualifier takes the following options, which have the same meaning as for the #pragma extern_model directive: COMMON_BLOCK RELAXED_REFDEF STRICT_REFDEF STRICT_REFDEF="NAME" GLOBALVALUE The default model on VSI C is relaxed/refdef with the noshare attribute. This is different from the model used by VAX C, which is common block, share.