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[Sylvain Pion <>]

Johannes Otepka a écrit :
> Hi Ambroise,
> I have seen these multiple definition errors on my windows maschine too. 
> The problem is that the functions
> VRML_2_ostream& operator<<(VRML_2_ostream& os, const char* s)
> VRML_2_ostream& operator<<(VRML_2_ostream& os, const double& d)
> are declared (rather than defined) in VRML_2_ostream.h. So all cpp-file 
> including "VRML_2_ostream.h" will show up this multiple definition problem.
>
> solution: make these two functions inline (inline VRML_2_ostream& 
> operator<<(VRML_2_ostream& os, const char* s)....) and the problem is 
> resolved.
>
> I forgot to post the bug to the mailing list - which is done now ;-)

Your analysis is correct.
I have included your fix for the next release.

Thanks.

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Sylvain Pion
INRIA Sophia-Antipolis
Geometrica Project
CGAL, http://cgal.org/