Re: Linking error

From:
Sam <sam@email-scan.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:45:33 -0600
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Sunil Varma writes:

Hi,

I'm facing linking error when I try to build this code.
If I just compile, it compiles properly.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class vc1
{
public:
    virtual void vf()=0;
};

class vc2
{
public:
    virtual void vf()=0;
};

class concrete:public vc1, public vc2
{
public:
    virtual void vc1::vf()
    {
        cout<<"vc1::vf()\n";
    }
    virtual void vc2::vf()
    {
        cout<<"vc2::vf()\n";
    }
};


There's only one vf() function, in the concrete class which is declared
simply:

void vf()
{
}

concrete subclasses both vc1 and vc2. concrete's vf() function implements
vc1's and vc2's concrete.

void main()
{
    concrete *obj = new concrete;
    obj->vc1::vf();
    obj->vc2::vf();

Both of these function called would invoke the same function,
concrete::vc1().

}

These are the errors observed

main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual
void __thiscall vc2::vf(void)" (?vf@vc2@@UAEXXZ) referenced in
function _main
main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual
void __thiscall vc1::vf(void)" (?vf@vc1@@UAEXXZ) referenced in
function _main

I'm using VC 8 compiler.


This should not even compile.

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