From: Warren Young
Date: June 11 2007 11:15pm
Subject: Re: Can I get mysql++'s version information?
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Niu Kun wrote:
> It's a bit strange to have the "HEADER" in the macro's name and compare
> it to mysqlpp_lib_version() function.

This was done on purpose.  It allows a program to tell when it was built 
using headers from one version of MySQL++ and linked to another.  See 
examples/resetdb.cpp to see how to use these facilities.