undefined reference to vtable

From:
eric <cneric12lin0@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:05:46 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<7609b85f-04be-42c1-8aae-5daba6bdd1bc@f39g2000prb.googlegroups.com>
Dear Advanced C/g++ programers:

a simple program about Creating an interface with an Abstract Base
Class. from book (C++ cookbook) page 308, 309. Example 8-11. using a
pure interface.
----------------------
// Example 8-11 Using a pure interface
class Person {
public:
virtual void eat() = 0;
virtual void sleep() = 0;
virtual void walk() = 0;
virtual void jump() = 0;
};

class IAirbone {
public:
virtual void fly() = 0;
virtual void up() = 0;
virtual void down() = 0;
};

class Superhero : public Person, // A superhero *is* a person
public IAirbone { // and flies
public:
virtual void eat();
virtual void sleep();
virtual void walk();
virtual void jump();
virtual void fly();
virtual void up();
virtual void down();
virtual ~Superhero();
};

void Superhero::walk() {
// ...
}

void Superhero::fly() {
// ...
}

// Implement all of the pure virtuals in Superhero's Superclasses...

int main() {

Superhero superman;
superman.walk(); // Superman can walk like a person
superman.fly(); // or fly like a bird
}
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my g++ 4.5.2 (on linux2.6.35-25) response by
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eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook/ch8$ g++ Example8-11.cpp
/tmp/ccT3nO5t.o: In function `main':
Example8-11.cpp:(.text+0x47): undefined reference to
`Superhero::~Superhero()'
/tmp/ccT3nO5t.o: In function `Superhero::Superhero()':
Example8-11.cpp:(.text._ZN9SuperheroC2Ev[_ZN9SuperheroC5Ev]+0x24):
undefined reference to `vtable for Superhero'
Example8-11.cpp:(.text._ZN9SuperheroC2Ev[_ZN9SuperheroC5Ev]+0x2e):
undefined reference to `vtable for Superhero'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
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actually that book even did not specially define Superhero::walk(),
that is
I add by myself to escape my compile's error(is that right? or book's
is right?)
you can download the source code of that book's example and test by
yourself
http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596007614/
according to book, thses code are compile good in visual c++ 7.1 on
window xp
thanks your help a lot in advance, Eric

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