Re: [Boost-users] [serialization]1.35 problemwith explicitinstantiation

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-13 23:43:50

Dan Thill wrote:
>> You could make a separt little module which you would compile into
>> your main which would include all the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT
>> macros for your types.  Then the linker would get the code from
>> your static library.
>
> This sounds intriguing.  Say I put all the BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT macros
> into a single header file.  Wouldn't I run into trouble if I included
> that header file twice in the same executable, due to the multiple
> definitions of the static guid_initializer.  Or would the linker see
> that they are exactly the same, and only choose one?  Or is the answer
> "depends" :)
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Dan

My suggestion is to include BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT in
just one *.cpp file.  This "registration" module would be called
only to build with static libraries

Robert Ramey