Comment 8 for bug 1722530

> I'm not convinced "straightforward" is quite the right word.

I should have been more specific. I'm referring only to DB_LINK. For CA_LINK and beyond, it is not so straightforward.

> ... making use of the db_access vs dbAccess split.

oh, evil. I can see some potential problems, mainly how to deal with
"#include <epicsTime.h>" in two contexts.

> We'd have to be careful with the C++ One Definition rule

Practically, I don't think this is an issue. There is no usage of RTTI.