Re: Common Source code

[Matt Hull]

i would guess that you would have the logger be lib3 in the lib folder.

On Wed, 10 May 2006, Paulo J. Matos wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a source tree, which is maintained with autotools. It goes
> something like this:
> MySoftware
>   |- lib
>        |- lib1
>        |- lib2
>   |- src
>
> lib1 and lib2 are compiled and then linked to the src software.
> However, I've just developed a logger utility interface which uses
> log4cpp and I would like this interface to be shared between lib1,
> lib2 and src so that logging is possible in a uniform way in all my
> source code. Code duplication doesn't seem to be a solution at all.
> I see two ways: Creating yet another library and then link it with
> lib1 and lib2 and later link to the main code lib1, lib2 and
> liblogger. Or create a directory of shared code with the logger
> interface and compile it with lib1, lib2 and the main code directly.
> Still, these solutions rise a question, won't I get duplicate
> identifiers in the end?
>
> Any ideas on this will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at sat inesc-id pt
> Web: http://sat.inesc-id.pt/~pocm
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