Does this code violate rule #8.7?

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Given this example

Code:

file1.c:
        static int i;
        int j[1] = { i };
file2.c:
        extern int j[1];
        void f()
            {
            int k = j[0];
            }

Does this code violate rule #8.7, "Objects shall be defined at block scope if they are only accessed from within a single function"?