Re: Linking errors after moving to SSQLSs, macro problem

[Jim]

Warren Young wrote:
> Joel Fielder wrote:
>> This is how I did it, but maybe my way is "wrong", Warren will tell me
>> no doubt :)
>
> Okay, I accept. :)
>
>> The macros in the header and the cpp must be identical.
>
> There's the problem.  It's easy to make them identical once.  It's 
> less easy to remember to update both copies any time one has to 
> change. Duplicate code is always at risk of drift.
>
> If you need a declaration in multiple places, it goes in a header 
> file; that's why they were invented.
>
> All we're doing with these MYSQLPP_SSQLS_NO_STATICS games is choosing 
> where the *definition* goes, because there can be only one of those.
>
I fought with this recently.  I finally got it to work, but I still have 
a question.  What is the purpose of the static elements that are 
eliminated by defining MYSQLPP_SSQLS_NO_STATICS?  Would it be OK to 
always do that and eliminate the problem?  Or is it require to make 
ssqls work? 

Thanks,
Jim.