MySQL Bugs: #73353: min() and max() test() macros defines in my

Bug #73353	min() and max() test() macros defines in my_global.h conflict with c++ headers
Submitted:	22 Jul 2014 2:16	Modified:	22 Aug 2014 19:20
Reporter:	Dustin Sandage	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / C++	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.5.38	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
This is very similar to Bug #28184.  That bug was resolved back in 2007 and as far as I can tell 5.5.38 is current as of 2014-05-30.

How to repeat:
Try to build with the following includes (I am using gcc/g++ 4.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 with MySQL 5.5)

#include <my_global.h>
#include <mysql.h>
#include <mysql_connection.h>

int main(){ 

   
} 

Suggested fix:
Change names of macros from min to mysql_min and max to mysql_max.

Forgot to include test(), an apparent difference from the 2007 bug.

in my_global.h it suggests that min and max should be defined "after all headers" but I cannot find a way to adjust the order in which I include my_global.h that accommodates this and also permits proper compilation.  If I remove all code I can put my_global.h at the end and works fine, but add any mysql connector code and you get a lot of "undefined reference to ..." errors.

I can use undef on min and max and apparently move on with life, but if I undef test I start getting a string of "undefined reference to 'mysql_xxxx' messages.

Thank you for the report.

You are compiling with c/C++, but refer to my_global.h Please explain why and provide g++ command you use to compile the test.

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