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 Message        This redeclaration of the static initialized variable
                "<name>" will have static storage class that differs
                from the VAX C behavior.  The previous declaration is
                at <location>.

 Description    In VAX C mode, if a variable is first declared static
                and then declared extern, the variable will be given
                extern storage class.  This matches the VAX C
                behavior.  If, however, the static variable is
                initialized, the storage class will remain static.

 User Action    Be aware of this difference.