Re: [Boost-users] [test] cannot wipe out linker errors

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-10 23:51:28

I've seen this error mentioned

Try changing

namespace { bool dummy_cond = false; }

to

namespace { static bool dummy_cond = false; }

in test_tools.hpp

Gennadiy

"Christian Henning" <chhenning_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:949801310707091519w3f187714o3d212031fb31da7d_at_mail.gmail.com...
> Hi there, I'm using boost 1.34 on MSVC 7.1. For whatever reason I
> cannot eliminate various linker errors. I have defined my
> BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASEs in several .cpp files and this seems to create
> multiple definition of various symbols. The errors look as the
> following:
>
> string_table_test.obj : error LNK2005: "bool
> boost::test_tools::`anonymous namespace'::dummy_cond"
> (?dummy_cond@?A0x7aa5c0d5_at_test_tools_at_boost@@3_NA) already defined in
> ORM_test.obj
> string_table_test.obj : error LNK2005: "class
> unit_test_log_t::boost::unit_test_log_t & boost::unit_test::`anonymous
> namespace'::unit_test_log"
> (?unit_test_log@?A0x7aa5c0d5_at_unit_test_at_boost@@3AAVunit_test_log_t_at_23@A)
> already defined in ORM_test.obj
>
> Did anyone had to deal which such messages before?
>
> Thanks ahead,
> Christian