*
*/
+/*
+ * EXT designates a global var which is defined in perl.h
+ * dEXT designates a global var which is defined in another
+ * file, so we can't count on finding it in perl.h
+ * (this practice should be avoided).
+ */
#undef EXT
-#define EXT
+#undef dEXT
+#if defined(VMS) && !defined(__GNUC__)
+# define EXT globaldef {"$GLOBAL_RW_VARS"} noshare
+# define dEXT globaldef {"$GLOBAL_RW_VARS"} noshare
+#else
+# define EXT
+# define dEXT
+#endif
#undef INIT
#define INIT(x) = x