[boost] anonymous namespaces and Intel C++ 8

From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-14 15:55:49

Dear Boosters,

In trying to get our boost-based codes to compile with Intel C++ 
version 8 I realized one important restriction of that compiler with 
anonymous namespaces (used in boost for the placeholder symbols _1, 
_2,... ). With Intel C++ version 8 these anonymous namespace symbols 
give multiple definition errors at link time if they occur in two 
different object files with the same name (even if one of these object 
files is part of a static library (.a file). The only solution I could 
find is to rename all my source files that clashed with file names 
inside libraries. Does anybody know a better workaround?

Matthias