Re: [boost] [ptr_container] trunk has problems with multiple definitions of xml_names with multiple TUs

7 Nov 2007


      AMDG

Michael Marcin <mmarcin <at> method-solutions.com> writes:
...
namespace boost
{
     namespace ptr_container_detail
     {
         const char* const count  = "count";
         const char* const item   = "item";
         const char* const first  = "first";
         const char* const second = "second";
     }
}
Alas, that only replace one form of ODR violation
with more subtle one.

static const char* count  = "count";

void foo(const char*);
inline void bar() {
    // ODR violation here.  count refers to
    // different objects in different translation
    // units.  (See section 3.2/5 of the standard.)
    foo(count);
}

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe