b-cs: Define G_TRANSLATION_FUN in bitcoinkernel.cpp

[META] This is done in preparation for extracting libbitcoinkernel in a
       following commit. It seems logical that generally users of a
       library shouldn't need to export its own symbols to use the
       library.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d074e6314e..11fded3c2e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ bitcoin_util_LDADD = \
 # bitcoin-chainstate binary #
 bitcoin_chainstate_SOURCES = \
   bitcoin-chainstate.cpp \
+  kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp \
   arith_uint256.cpp \
   blockfilter.cpp \
   chain.cpp \
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp b/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp
index fcbb6aacce..81e8dfd9a0 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-chainstate.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <iosfwd>
 
-const std::function<std::string(const char*)> G_TRANSLATION_FUN = nullptr;
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     // SETUP: Argument parsing and handling
diff --git a/src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp b/src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb101ba186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <string>
+
+// Define G_TRANSLATION_FUN symbol in libbitcoinkernel library so users of the
+// library aren't required to export this symbol
+extern const std::function<std::string(const char*)> G_TRANSLATION_FUN = nullptr;