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On 9/24/2011 5:09 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> Another rule of thumb may be, instead of cross linking classes with
> references to each others constants, refactor out the constants to a
> third class, and reference it


Generally, no.  It's been tried, and found to not work well.  A class 
full of unrelated constants is just that: a class full of unrelated 
constants.  Put the constants where they belong.  Use a decent build 
system capable of figuring out what needs to be compiled.


> or extend it.


Dear god no.  Known bad practice.  Avoid!