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Symptoms:

After a few years (of asking myself why but not really digging into problem)
I finally found out why I get

"(1,1) Bad object file record in module xxx near module offset 0xyyyyy."

linker error (rarely encountered). If you ever had the same problem, the
possible reason is that you used a "using qualified_name;" declaration for a
_template_
and have debug information option turned on. It looks like compiler and/or
linker get confused and generate wrong format debug information in .obj
file. The linker generates error for the *next* module in the link list.

As BC product is no longer supported by Borland I didn't report the bug to
Borland. I post it here for your information only.

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Workaround:
1) Don't use "using namespace::name;" for templates in your code  Use "using
namespace;";
2) Turn off the  "Generate debug information" in compiler options. Of course
code can not be debugged than.


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Steps to reproduce the problem:

1) Create new DOS application project, name it tm_error.exe.Make sure
"Generate debug information" option is checked in compiler options.
2) Create new header file, name it "terror.h", and enter code:

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#ifndef terr_h
 #define terr_h

namespace foo
  {
  template<class T>
   inline T absolute(T number)
     {
     if(number < T(0) )  return -number;
     return number;
     }
  }

#endif
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3) Create new cpp file, name it "terror.cpp", and enter code:

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#include "terror.h"

namespace foo2
  {
  using foo::absolute;

   int do_test(int i)
      {  return absolute(i);  }
  }
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4) Open "tm_terror.cpp"   and enter code:

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namespace foo2
 {  int do_test(int); /* to spare a header, declaration */  }

int main()
 {
 return foo2::do_test(0);
 }
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5) Make sure "terror.cpp" is before "tm_error.cpp". If it is not, move it up
by alt+up key.

6) Make.