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

From: Lewis Hyatt (lhyatt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-07 14:00:40

Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
> On 11/7/07, Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Felipe Magno de Almeida skrev:
>>> This gives multiple definition errors when #include'd by more than one
>>> translation unit.
>>>
>>> namespace boost
>>> {
>>>     namespace ptr_container_detail
>>>     {
>>>         const char* count  = "count";
>>>         const char* item   = "item";
>>>         const char* first  = "first";
>>>         const char* second = "second";
>>>     }
>>> }
>> Thanks. Is there an easy way to fix it?
> 
> I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't cause ODR violation.
> 
>> -Thorsten
> 
> 

Can't you just change it to

        const char* const count = "count";

etc?

-Lewis